Dakar: opening of mosque said to be largest in West Africa The new Massalikoul Djinane mosque, said to be West Africa's largest, opens in Dakar. Work on the 30,000 capacity Massalikul Jinaan ("The Paths to Paradise") mosque began a decade ago on a swampy six-hectare site in the poor area of Bopp, on land donated by the government of this 90-percent Muslim nation. IMAGES