CHINA-ALGERIA
Ahmed Madani, an adviser to Algeria's Minister of Housing, disclosed on May 6, 2016 that a Chinese firm is constructing the Djamaa El Djazair mosque is being built facing the picturesque bay of Algiers. The complex will include a one-million book library, a Qu’ranic school and a museum of Islamic art and history. The mosque will have a 265-metre high minaret - the world's tallest - and a prayer hall capable of accommodating up to 120 000 worshippers and be completed by 2017. The cost of the mosque complex is estimated at 1.2 billion euros (US$1.4 billion). |