Tribune News Network
DOHA
The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, represented by the Mosques Administration, has opened the Sheikha bint Abdullah Saleh Al Hassan Al Sulaiti Mosque in the Umm Bishr area. It can accommodate more than 500 worshipers, and is located on a total area of 4,043 sqm.
The opening of the new mosque, which was initiated by Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Jabr Al Thani, 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 to keep pace with urban growth and population increase, in line with the country’s National Vision 2030.
The new mosque, which is numbered MS 1393, includes a main prayer hall that can accommodate 455 worshippers, in addition to a women’s hall that can accommodate 60 worshipers. The mosque also includes a spacious ablution place in addition to a large number of public parking lots, a number of which have been allocated to serve people with special needs. The mosque is also topped with a tall minaret.
The Ministry’s Engineering Affairs Department is responsible for providing the regions in the country’s needs for 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 projects for the construction of mosques and residences of imams.
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 worshipers.
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.
