Biggest mosque in Maldives to be built in Malé City with Saudi aid

The government has decided to build the biggest mosque in the country to be built in Malé City which comes as a gift from the Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The six-floor mosque, being built on the occasion of 50 years of Maldivian Independence, can have 6,000 people praying together at a time in a floor area of 41,500 square feet designated for prayer.

It is also to be equipped with a multi-purpose hall, classrooms, a library, a Quran Center, a parking zone and four elevators.

The project was announced at a ceremony held at Hotel Jen tonight. The Housing Ministry said that the mosque would be built where the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge would also be seen but did not say exactly where.

According to the Housing Ministry, the mosque named King Salman would be built on a land over 142,716 square feet.

Speaking at the ceremony today, Islamic Minister, Ahmed Ziyad Baagir said that the government’s decision to build such a mosque shows that President Yameen would not allow any religion other than Islam to prosper in the Maldives.

While the government has announced the decision to build the biggest mosque in the country in Malé City, the date for the initiation of the project was not given. Nor did the government shared the estimated budget for the project.