It’s also Africa’s largest, but critics view the mosque as a vanity project for a former president who tried to name it after himself. Al Jazeera reports.
Cars drive past the Djamaa El-Djazair or the Great Mosque of Algiers [Anis Belghoul/AP Photo]
Algeria has inaugurated the world’s third-largest and Africa’s largest mosque,…
Saudi Arabia is pumping billions of dollars into the holy city of Mecca to meet its ambitious economic targets, with high-end hotels, apartment blocks, retailers and restaurants planned for areas around the Grand Mosque. Reports Independent.
Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured public…