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The King Abdullah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الملك عبدالله), formerly Prince Abdullah Mosque and officially as the Mosque of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: مسجد الملك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود), is a Sunni Islam mosque, in the al-Olaya district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located on the 77th floor of the Kingdom Centre.
It contains the King Abdullah Mosque, which is the world's most elevated mosque from ground level. The tower was developed by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, [5] and designed by the team of Ellerbe Becket and Omrania, who were selected through an international design competition. [6]
The King Abdullah I Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الملك عبد الله الأول) is a mosque, located in Amman, Jordan. Named in honour of Abdullah I, the mosque was built between 1982 and 1989 and is capped by a blue mosaic dome beneath which 3,000 Muslims may offer prayer. Tourists are allowed to visit.
The mosque was rebuilt in 1998 by the Royal Commission for Riyadh City as part of the King Abdulaziz Historical Center project and covers an area of 5540 square meters. [8] Prominent imams of the mosque have been Sheikh Abdullah bin Qoud, Sheikh Saad bin Faleh and Sheikh Fahd bin Abdul Rahman Al Fahd.
At that time, the mosque covered an area of 356,800 m 2 (3,841,000 sq ft) including indoor and outdoor praying spaces. 40 billion riyals (US$10.6 billion) was allocated for the expansion project. [37] In August 2011, the government under King Abdullah announced further details of the expansion.
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The building complex is 300 metres away from the world's largest mosque and Islam's most sacred site, the Great Mosque of Mecca. [9] The developer and contractor of the complex is the Saudi Binladin Group , the Kingdom's largest construction company . [ 8 ]
A different kind of holy. King Charles III and wife Queen Consort Camilla visited a mosque in London, but all eyes — and cameras — were on the hole in the monarch’s sock. Prince Harry’s ...