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Al-Fattah al-Alim mosque

وديان, Italy

Al-Fattah al-Alim mosque

The al-Fattah al-Aleem Mosque (Arabic: مَسجِد الفَتّاح العَليم, romanized: masjid al-fattāḥ al-ʿalīm) is a mosque located on the New Middle Ring Road in the New Capital, in the Cairo Governorate, in Northern Egypt. The mosque has a capacity of nearly 17,000 worshippers and is considered the second l

argest mosque in Egypt, after the Islamic Cultural Center, or Grand Mosque, and is considered one of the world's mega-mosques. The site occupies 44.55 hectares (110.1 acres) (106 feddans). The mosque was inaugurated by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the president of Egypt, on 6 January 2019, and he witnessed the inauguration of the Nativity of the Christ Cathedral on the same day.

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