The project for constructing the biggest mosque in Africa began in a ceremony in the Algerian capital of Algiers.
The ceremony was officiated by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The mosque is built on a 20-hectar lot of land in the Muhammadia district of Algiers.
Upon completion, it will accommodate 120,000 worshippers. It will have a library with a study hall holding 2000 people. There will also be a museum and a research center.
The Algiers with be the third largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah and Masjid al-Nabi in Medina.
It will cost some 1.3 billion dollars to build the mosque.
source : http://abna.ir/
