Historical site discovered at Thinadhoo Friday Mosque area

A historical site has been discovered during the cleaning of the Thinadhoo Hukuru Miskiy (Friday Mosque) after it’s demolition to build an Islamic Center.

Thinadhoo Island Council said that the one meter high monument was found under the mosque.

Vice President of the Thinadhoo Island Council, Ibrahim Assad told Sun Media today that the monument found four days ago was part of the mosque built in the island ages ago.

“During the cleaning of the area, a small 25x18 feet mosque made of limestone was found. And there are signs that the mosque was made bigger two or three times.” Councilman Assad said.

Councilman Assad said that the historical site has a date written in Arabic with historical carvings.

He said that they are considering changing the area to a park-like place so that the site would be visible to the people.

Assad said that before building the Islamic Center, the whole ground of the mosque courtyard would be dug up and re-soiled.

A team from Heritage is scheduled to visit the island to see the historic site.

Thinadhoo Friday Mosque was closed after a corpse was discovered in the mosque area.