The Gaddafi Mosque is the largest mosque in Dodoma and one of the largest in Tanzania. Its four white minarets and pale blue dome dominate the skyline north of the city centre, visible from much of central Dodoma. The building was financed by the Libyan World Islamic Call Society and completed in 2010, a period when Gaddafi was cultivating influence across sub-Saharan Africa through mosque construction and aid projects.
The mosque can hold several thousand worshippers and serves the substantial Muslim minority in the predominantly Christian central plateau. Non-Muslim visitors are generally welcome outside prayer times if dressed modestly — long sleeves and trousers, head covering for women. The interior is plain by the standards of grander mosques, but the scale of the prayer hall is impressive.