Completed in 1994, the mosque was named in honour of Al Amir Abdelkader Ibn Mahyeddine, an Algerian Sufi scholar, religious, and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion of Algiers in the early 19th century.[3] The establishment of the mosque, along with the Emir Abdelkader University, led to an increase in the number of specialists in Islamic architecture in Constantine.[4] The university and mosque were built with marble and granite. It has two minarets that are 107 metres (351ft) high and a dome that is 20 metres (66ft) in diameter.[5]
