Gurin Central Mosque
The Gurin Central Mosque (, ) is a 19th-century mosque that has served the people of Gurin for over 200 years. In addition to the five daily prayers, the Gurin mosque served as a regular venue for the weekly Friday prayers. It also functioned as a tribunal, a gathering place for official communications, and as a space for organizing and preparing for the Jihad that took place in Fombina beginning in 1809. It was originally built by Modibbo Hamman in 1806 and has gone through numerous renovations and reconstructions. The mosque was built using corn-stalks, hence the name Masallacin Kara (the corn-stalk mosque in Hausa). It was entirely rebuilt using modern materials in 2003 by the late Lamido Aliyu Musdafa. Origin Gurin, a town near the Nigeria-Cameroon border in Fufore, Adamawa State, is a hugely important town in Fombina history. It was the first capital of the Adamawa emirate till 1831 when it changed to Ribadu. The town was founded by Fulani pastoralists who settled in the area around 1790. Modibbo Adama, born in 1771, was part of the party that founded the town but he left for Bornu in pursuit of knowledge while they were still wandering. He later