Wikipedia's first sentence called it “known as the jama'a salat mosque"”. Today it says “mosque located in the merkato or marketplace of arada district in addis ababa”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Grand Anwar Mosque ( Arabic : مسجد الأنوار الكبير , Amharic : ታላቁ የአንዋር መስጊድ ), also called Al-Anwar Mosque or simply Anwar Mosque and sometimes "Jama'a Salat" ("place where people pray"), is the largest and oldest mosque in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia located in a place of Merkato within Arada district . It was built by Italians around 1922 and finished with assistance of Muslim funds after 16,000 birr remained unpaid for contractor. "Refworld | Ethiopia: Information on whether the Grand Anwar Mosque in Addis Ababa is also known as the Jama'a Salat mosque" .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Largest mosque in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Grand Anwar Mosque ( , ), also called Al-Anwar Mosque or simply Anwar Mosque and sometimes "Jama'a Salat" ("place where people pray"), is the largest and oldest mosque in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia located in a place of Merkato within Arada district . It was built by Italians around 1922 and finished with assistance of Muslim funds after 16,000 birr remained unpaid for contractor. "Refworld | Ethiopia: Information on whether the Grand Anwar Mosque in Addis Ababa is also known as the Jama'a Salat mosque" .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “known as the jama'a salat mosque"”. Today it says “mosque located in the merkato or marketplace of arada district in addis ababa”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
known as the jama'a salat mosque"
Now
mosque located in the merkato or marketplace of arada district in addis ababa
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