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    In Pictures: 10 of the oldest mosques in the UAE

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    In Pictures: 10 of the oldest mosques in the UAE

    One of these mosques is over 600 years old and is still being used for prayers today


    Published:  February 24, 2021 10:00 Last updated:  February 24, 2021 18:57 Compiled by Yousra Zaki, Assistant Editor - Features and Devadasan K P, Picture Editor

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    Al Bidya Mosque-1601562653474
    Al Bidya Mosque is the oldest mosque in the UAE and was built-in 1446 or in 1599. The exact date is not exactly known. The Bidya mosque was built during the Ottoman era, and it reflects the Islamic architecture of that period. The mosque was placed on a very small area of seven square metres. It has four cone-like domes but without any minarets. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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    Al Bidya Mosque1-1601562656663
    The amazing feature of the mosque is the roof. It was built with four domes on one column without wooden bars. Neither iron, steel or wood was used in the construction. There are also several small ornate windows and built in sections in the walls to keep the Holy Quran. The mosque is accessible to the public and people can still pray in it. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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    Falaj Al Mualla Fort Mosque 5-1601562683023
    The Falaj Al Mualla Fort Mosque, built-in 1800 is attached to the Fort Falaj Al Mualla in Umm al Quwain. It consists of a large square to pray and the niche was built of stone and clay. Image Credit: Antonin Kelian Kallouche/Gulf News
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    Falaj Al Mualla Fort Mosque 3-1601562679910
    Prayer area at the Falaj Al Mualla fort mosque in Umm Al Quwain. Image Credit: Antonin Kelian Kallouche/Gulf News
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    Falaj Al Mualla Fort Mosque 1-1601562676749
    The entrance to the Falaj Al Mualla Fort Mosque in Umm al Quwain. Image Credit: Antonin Kelian Kallouche/Gulf News
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    Bin Sultan Mosque6-1601562662879
    Bin Sultan mosque, built in 1815 at Masfout, Ajman. Bin Sultan Mosque is the oldest mosque in Ajman and an historic hidden gem in the enclave of Masfout. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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    Bin Sultan Mosque is made from clay and plaster, with a canopy of date palm leaves woven together to form the roof. Like many traditional Emirati structures, it was built using locally available materials. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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    Mohammad Bin Salem RAK-1601562692619
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Salem Al Qasimi Mosque, the oldest mosque in Ras al Khaimah built-in 1819. The mosque is right opposite to the beachside of Ras Al Khaimah, which is also known as old corniche of Ras Al Khaimah. Built from coral stone and beach rock, the mosque features 60 internal columns and an impressive mangrove wood ceiling and sits on the foundations of an earlier 18th-century mosque that was destroyed during the British occupation of Ras Al Khaimah in 1819/20. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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    Bur Dubai Grand Mosque-1601562673389
    Bur Dubai Grand Mosque, built in 1850 and then rebuilt in 1952 and 1999 in the style of the original Grand Mosque, is the oldest in Dubai. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News
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    Jahili Mosque 1-1601562690012
    Al Jahili mosque in Al Ain built in 1891. The historic mosque consists of a single room with an open arcade on the east side entered from an enclosed courtyard. It is a historic building constructed with earth blocks and palm log beams and probably dates back to the foundation of the fort in the 1890s. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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    Zain Bin Thabit Mosque, built in 1950 is now one of the oldest mosques in Sharjah. Built with coral and mud pulled from the sea and fortified with palm fronds, the 493 square metre mosque was one of the largest of its time. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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    Grand Jumeirah Mosque 1-1601562686675
    Jumeirah Mosque built in 1979 on Jumeirah beach road in Dubai. Also known as ‘the two minaret mosque,' it is featured on the Dh500 note and was built under the patronage of Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Jumeirah Mosque stands apart from the rest of the mosques in the neighbourhood due to its distinctive architecture that is based on the Fatimid style, and can accommodate up to 1,300 people. It is only one of three mosques in the UAE open to non-Muslims. Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News
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    Diwan Mosque-1601562671064
    Diwan mosque in (Bastakiya) Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood in Bur Dubai. This mosque sits in the middle of Bastakiya and is known for its distinct flat dome. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News
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    The King Faisal Mosque 2-1601562699267
    King Faisal Mosque, named after Saudi Arabia's former King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz, is the largest of Sharjah's mosques. Opened in 1987, it covers 12,000 square metres and can accommodate 12,000 worshippers in its prayer hall. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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    The King Faisal Mosque 5-1601562702979
    The mosque's enormous central prayer hall along with its upper wings can accommodate 17,000 worshippers with the hall alone accommodating 12,000 people. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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    The King Faisal Mosque 1-1601562695712
    With its multitude of columns and a central courtyard, the multi-storey mosque is a departure from the traditional Islamic architecture in more than one way. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News

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