Egypt Begins Construction of Mega Mosque
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Egypt started construction of a big Islamic-cultural center, which includes a large mosque.
Titled “Egypt Mosque”, the place of worship will have the capacity to accommodate 107,000 worshipers.
Mahmood Abbas, an official with a construction company working on the project, said the mosque’s minarets will be 140 meters high, RT Arabic reported.
It will also include a series of large halls for religious ceremonies and celebrations, as well as Quran memorization centers for men, women and children, he sai.
Abbas added that it will have a parking capacity of more than 3,000 vehicles.
The mosque is being built in the New Administrative Capital, a large-scale project of a new capital city in Egypt that has been under construction since 2015.
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