Mosques

United Arab Emirates18 June 1991Draft

The mosque was opened on 23/1/1987, the building cost was fully paid by the inheritors of King Faisal Bin Abdel Aziz AI -Soud. It is located at AI Soor area, at the middle of Sharjah town and bounded by the Islamic Souk, Khalid lake and AI Ithad Garden. The building is composed of many stories: the ground floor and the first floor are allotted to the men's mosque. The second floor is converted to be Sharjah Endowments Department which contains the offices plus a general library containing the important publications issued in the fields of Islamic history and thoughts in addition to the modern books of Hadith, Sharia and Riligidn Basis plus the scientific, literacy and cultural books which amounts to about (7000) books. The basement is allotted to be as the women's mosque with a special library. The total area of the mosque is about (150) thousands square meters and the area specified for performing the prayers is about (38300) square meters with a capacity of about (15500) person. SHEIKH SAQR BIN MOHAMED AL QASIMI MOSQUE The mosque was opened on 1984. it is composed of two stories allotted for performing the prayers. The capacity of the mosque is about (500) persons distributed as follows: Ground Floor (350) persons First Floor (150) persons The mosque is located at Khozam area in Ras AI Khaimah. Size: 40 x 30 mm in sheets of 50 stamps.