The ancient Sidi Aoun Mosque in Oued Souf and its religious and social role (1934-1962)

Abstract

In this paper, it deals with an overview of the history of The ancient Sidi Aoun Mosque in Oued Souf, in terms of foundation and architecture, its social role in the architecture of the region and the unity of its inhabitants, its contributions to advocacy and reform, as well as its religious role in preserving the religious and human values ​​of society, and its educational and cultural role, through the imams who They followed him from men of knowledge and righteousness, and their keeping up with the events that the town of Sidi Aoun went through, and their reformist religious discourse on all religious and social occasions, among them in particular Sheikh Al-Arabi Bin Ammar Al-Awni, Sheikh Ali Al-Taweel, and his son Sheikh Taher Taweel, through the stages he went through since its founding until after independence.