DOHA: The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, represented by the Mosques Administration, opened a new mosque in the Al Kharaitiyat area, which can accommodate 378 male and female worshippers.
It is located on a total area of 2,602 sqm. The mosque is attached to the house of an imam and a residence for the muezzin.
The new mosque, which is an obligatory mosque and numbered (M.S. 1396), includes a main prayer hall that can accommodate 312 worshipers, in addition to a women’s hall that can accommodate 66 worshippers. The mosque also includes a spacious ablution place in addition to a large number of public parking lots, several of which have been allocated to serve people with disabilities. Special needs include organizing entrances and exits. The mosque is also topped with a tall minaret.
The opening of the new mosque in the Al Kharaitiyat area during the month of Shaban 1445 AH comes within the framework of the Ministry’s plan aimed at expanding the number of mosques and developing them in all regions of the country, and keeping pace with urban growth and population increase, in line with the country’s National Vision 2030.
The Ministry’s Engineering Affairs Department is specialized in providing the needs of the regions in The state has mosques and prayer halls, providing the regions with temporary mosques and supervising their preservation, preparing the annual plan for the maintenance of mosques and imams’ residences, in coordination with the competent authorities, supervising the preparation and implementation of construction and maintenance work for mosques, and supervising construction projects of mosques and imams’ residences owned by the endowment in terms of designs and technical and engineering specifications. Implementation and preparation of a database on mosques, prayer halls and those working in them.
In mosque designs, the administration takes into account the different areas of land on which the mosques will be built, the requirements for green buildings and sustainable buildings, the emphasis on sustainability conditions in the use of electricity and water, and the preservation of heritage aesthetics in the designs in a way that reflects the authenticity of the Qatari and Islamic heritage according to the highest standards.
The ministry's plans to build mosques also take into account the population density map, engineering and architectural specifications, and the heritage aspect within the framework of caring for the houses of God to perform worship and serve worshippers.
The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs website provides the feature of searching for the locations of mosques geographically according to the global navigation system through accurate and specific maps that facilitate access to the locations of mosques in all cities within the country.
