of the mosque, the oldest remaining part of the building|leftAll that remains of the old Hammadid mosque are traces of its
mihrab in the form of a
semicircular arch, with its
decorations believed to be modern. However, the
motifs situated above it are original, taking the form of interlocking
ornamentation reminiscent of those found in
Almohad architectural structures, particularly seen in the
minarets of
Hassan Mosque in
Rabat,
Kutubiyya Mosque in
Marrakech, and
Giralda in
Seville. The construction of the mihrab is visibly raised from the wall's surface and made of regular bricks. Interestingly, the mosque is not oriented towards the
qibla but rather towards the south, outside the qibla wall. In the 1960s, the old mosque was demolished and replaced by a new one, nearly identical in size to the original, known as the
Ibn Tumart Mosque. It is considered one of the oldest mosques in Béjaïa, alongside the Casbah Mosque, and the Abu Zakariyya Mosque. == Ibn Tumart ==