Ques: Which one is the largest Mosque in the world?
a. Mosque-El-Nabvi
b. Imam Ali mosque
c. Al-Azhar Mosque
d. Al-Haram Mosque
Ans: d
Related facts:
- September 11, 2015 Around 118 people have been killed and scores more wounded in Makkah’s Grand Mosque Al-Haram after a crane collapsed.
- Around 394 people injured.
- The Saudi Civil Defense authority confirmed that a crane collapsed through the ceiling of the mosque during strong winds created by a powerful storm.
- 15 Pakistanis, 11 Indians, 25 Bangladeshi, 25 Iranian, and 23 Egyptians were among the dead.
- The German-made Liebherr Group crawler crane LR 11350 involved in the incident was operated by the Saudi Binladin Group, who was heading the expansion of the Grand Mosque.
- It is notable that Saudi Binladin Group is the world’s second-largest construction company.
- The Saudi Binladin Group was founded in 1931 by Sheikh Mohammad bin Laden Sayyid.
- The Masjid al-Ḥarām (literally “the sacred mosque”), or Great Mosque of Mecca, is the largest mosque in the world and surrounds Islam’s holiest place, the Kaaba, in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
- The current structure covers an area of 356,800 square metres (88.2 acres) including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces. 50 million people can come during the Hajj
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_crane_collapse
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/09/11/Scores-killed-in-Makkah-crane-collapse.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3231049/Crane-falls-Meccas-Grand-Mosque-casualties-reported–Al-Arabiya.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_al-Haram