Posted on 02/16/2011 12:29:46 PM PST by americanophile
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kozhikode in Kerala will soon have India's largest mosque where 25,000-30,000 devotees can pray at a time. Estimated to be built at Rs 40 crores, the structure measuring 2.5 lakh square feet will push Delhi's Jama Masjid to a distant second when it takes shape.
"The mosque is planned on a 12 acre plot. Eight acres will be set apart for landscaping and host a Mughal-style garden. The main structure will be confined to 4 acres," Shaar-i-Mubarak Grand Masjid architect Riyaz Mohammed told TOI.
The mosque is part of Muslim organisation Markazu-Ssaquafathi-Ssunniyyah's knowledge city complex at Karanthur near Kozhikode. The group's head and Islamic scholar Kanthapuram Aboobacker Musliyar has planned the mosque.
" Markaz Knowledge City will come up on 600 acres of land and will also have an engineering college, medical college and township. It will be based on Islamic traditions," said Mohammed. The mosque will also have a library for Islamic research and conference hall and will adopt the green building concept.
Read more: Kerala to have India's largest mosque - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kerala-to-have-Indias-largest-mosque/articleshow/7464881.cms#ixzz1E9hhqgpx
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Comment from article:
“Muslims burnt and destroyed all hindu books and temples. There are no ancient or medival temples surviving in Delhi. When you visit Qutub minar there is a plaque there over the ruins of hindu temple stateing that qutub minar symbolises the victory of Islam over Kafirs (Hindus). STOP this Mosque. Wake up Hindus and Christians!!”
Bindu | 10 Feb, 2011 08:47 PM
“Well said Bindu, Also they distroyed hundreds if not thousands of Hindu & Sikh Temples in Pakistan after 1947”
Kumar11 replies to Bindu | 10 Feb, 2011 10:28 PM
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