Calanley mosque or Masjid express is a historically Ibadist mosque in Kismayo, Jubaland. Its minarets have a Ibadite semiellipse shape. The reason the minarets have a Ibadist design is that Kismayo and Jubaland used to be under the influence of the Ibadi-ruled Sultanate of Zanzibar. This is the reason that colonial era buildings in Jubaland have an Ibadist design.[1]

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  1. Hardinge, Arthur H. "Legislative Methods in the Zanzibar and East Africa Protectorates." J. Soc. Comp. Legis. ns 1 (1899): 1.