Built on the site of the former Mercy Hospital is the funding provided by the French government. Groundbreaking ceremony conducted in 1922. On July 15, 1926, Grande Mosquée de Paris building was symbolically inaugurated by French President Gaston Doumergue at that time.
Ahmad al-Alawi (1869-1934), a bloody Algerian Sufi saint, was appointed as the priest prayed inauguration as the first sign of a new mosque in the city of Paris in the presence of President Doumergue. Imam Mosque of Paris is currently held by Mufti Dalil Boubakeur, who is also the President of the Muslim Council of France.