The mosque which accommodates 20 thousand worshippers at a time is being built in Shali city, Chechen Republic. The mosque is designed by Uzbek architects.
With the initiative of local residents the mosque is planned to be named after Ramzan Kadirov. The construction works started in 2012 and the opening ceremony is expected in 2018.
The mosque is located opposite “Shali-City” complex. The mosque has 4 minarets in all four corners of main building. Each minaret is 63 meters high. The dome of mosque is 43 meters high. Adjoining area of the mosque will be covered with 12 fountains. The mosque will be constructed and decorated in the unique style without any analogues in the world. The overall area of the mosque will be 6,5 hectares.
Press Service,
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan
At an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held yesterday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, former Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed was elected as the organisation’s new Secretary-General, reports Dunyo IA correspondent.
According to the Turkish news agency “Anadolu”, 66-year-old Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will succeed Chadian diplomat Hussein Ibrahim Taha, who served as OIC Secretary-General from 2021 to 2026.
The newly elected Secretary-General served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen from 2015 to 2018.