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The mosque is on a very high platform. The Baitul Mukarram National Mosque's building is eight storied and 99 feet high from the ground level. According to the original plan, the main entrance of the mosque was to be on the eastern side. The 'shaan' on the east is 29,000 square feet with ablution space on its south and north sides.
Baitul Mukarram Masjid [13] has an Islamic educational institute within the mosque, where students can get Islamic education. The mosque and its associated area covers about five acres. [ 14 ] Mosque having library, dispensary and hostel.
Abdulhussain Thariani at the foundation ceremony of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. Abdulhusein Meheraly Thariani (3 April 1905 – 30 December 1972) was a member of the first generation of formally trained architects in Pakistan. [1] Amongst his most prominent works is the Baitul Mukarram (National Mosque of Bangladesh) in Dhaka ...
The Baitul Mukarram Society built the Baitul Mukarram (Arabic: بيت المكرّم; the holy house) mosque and Islamic scholars formed a Darul Ulum (Arabic: دار العلوم; house of knowledge) to popularize and research on Islamic philosophy, culture and way of life. [2]
He was the longest serving khatib of Baitul Mukarram, the national mosque of Bangladesh. In 2001, he was forced into retirement by the then Awami League government . [ 3 ] He then sought a writ petition which overturned the government's decision.
On 31 March 2022, he was nominated Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. He is the Governor of the Board of Government of the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. [7] [8] He is the editor of the monthly Al-Ashraf. He assisted the court as Amicus Curiae, the country's top scholar in ruling on the validity of the fatwa.
The structure of Baitul Mukarram resembles the Kaaba in Mecca. Baitul Mukarram is the national mosque of Bangladesh. Located at the centre of Dhaka, the mosque was completed in 1968. The mosque has a capacity of 30,000, and it is world's tenth largest mosque.
Population distribution of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Census 2017. Gulshan-e-Iqbal is dominated by the Urdu-speaking Muhajirs. [6] According to the 2017 census, it has a total population of 841,800, including 433,347 male, 408,298 female, and 155 transgender residents.