Three of the world’s oldest mosques are about to be destroyed as
Saudi Arabia embarks on a multi-billion-pound expansion of Islam’s
second holiest site. Work on the
Masjid an-Nabawi in
Medina, where the Prophet Mohamed is buried, will start once the annual
Hajj pilgrimage ends next month. When complete, the development will
turn the mosque into the world’s largest building, with the capacity for
1.6 million worshippers.
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