Algeria’s Largest Mosque to Have Library with 1 Million Books
The grand mosque of Algiers, the largest mosque in Algeria and third largest in the world, will have a library with over 1 million books.
The mosque has been under construction in Algeria’s capital since last year, algerie-focus website reports.
Upon completion, it will be the third largest mosque in the world after Masjid Al-Haram in Makkah and Masjid Al-Nabi in Medina.
The library of the grand mosque Algiers will be a 15-storey building with a capacity to hold over a million titles, Algeria’s Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Bu Abdullah Ghulamullah said.
He said the mosque will also have a Quran instruction center with the capacity of admitting 300 Quran learners.
The project also includes a Dar-ol-Quran center, a cultural-Islamic center, a permanent exhibitions site, an Islamic arts museum and a research center.
Construction of the mosque had been planned to start in 2009 but was later postponed for unspecified reasons.
It is being built in a 400,000 square meter plot of land and will have a minaret 265 meters high. It will hold 120,000 worshippers.
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Upon completion, it will be the third largest mosque in the world after Masjid Al-Haram in Makkah and Masjid Al-Nabi in Medina.
The library of the grand mosque Algiers will be a 15-storey building with a capacity to hold over a million titles, Algeria’s Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Bu Abdullah Ghulamullah said.
He said the mosque will also have a Quran instruction center with the capacity of admitting 300 Quran learners.
The project also includes a Dar-ol-Quran center, a cultural-Islamic center, a permanent exhibitions site, an Islamic arts museum and a research center.
Construction of the mosque had been planned to start in 2009 but was later postponed for unspecified reasons.
It is being built in a 400,000 square meter plot of land and will have a minaret 265 meters high. It will hold 120,000 worshippers.
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