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The second floor is occupied by Sharjah's Department of Islamic Affairs and Awqaf, including a general library and offices, adding the library having approximately 7,000 books on Islamic thought and history, modern books on Islamic Sharia and ahadith, in addition to cultural, literary and scientific works. The ground and first floors are for ...
[4] [5] It is near an ancient mosque dated to the Islamic Golden Age, possibly the oldest mosque in the country. [6] [7] Sheikha Salama Mosque: Al Ain 2011 (current structure) Formerly the largest mosque in Al Ain. [8] [9] Grand Mosque of Dubai: Dubai: 1998 Jumeirah Mosque: Dubai 1979 Iranian Mosque, Bur Dubai: Dubai 1979 Al Farooq Omar Bin Al ...
The General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments (GAIAE) or (Awqaf) (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للشؤون الاسلامية والاوقاف) is a federal agency of the government of the United Arab Emirates. [1] It was founded by a federal decree on 9 October 2006.
The directive, issued by the UAE's General Authority for Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Zakat (AWQAF), will take effect on Friday and last until early October, according to the WAM agency.
The Sharjah Mosque (Gulf Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلشَّارْقَة , romanized: Masjid Aš-Šārjah), [4] [5] is the largest mosque in the Emirate of Sharjah, the U.A.E. Besides serving the needs of Muslims , the mosque has a library, and an area for giving Dawah to non-Muslims.
The federal General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments (Awqaf) oversee the administration of Sunni mosques, except in Dubai, where they are administered by the Dubai’s Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department (IACAD).
[34] [35] According to Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, due to Islam being founded in the Arabian Peninsula over 1,400 years ago, the Persian Gulf region enjoys a long Islamic history and tradition, and it is strongly associated with national identity; thus, any distancing or criticism of religion "equates to distancing oneself from national identity ...
Al Noor Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع ٱلنُّوْر , romanized: Jāmiʿ An-Nūr) is a mosque in Sharjah, the U.A.E., located on the Khaled lagoon at the Buhaira Corniche. [2] It is of Turkish Ottoman design and was influenced by the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Turkey. [1] [3] It is one of the mosques open to the public in Sharjah, which has ...