Saudi mosque restoration project’s success highlighted during Ramadan

Saudi mosque restoration project’s success highlighted during Ramadan

JEDDAH: The Arabian Peninsula is home to rich architecture and religious history that includes a great number of ancient mosques from the beginning of the Islamic era. Saudi Arabia has the privilege of taking care of the Two Holy Mosques, an honor that has been carried and inherited for decades starting with the founding king, the late King Abdul Aziz. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched a project in 2018 that aims to revive more than 130 historic mosques around the Kingdom as mosques are being renovated in several regions. The project aims to restore and rehabilitate these mosques, taking into consideration preserving the element of ancient construction and its components. These mosques have formed different historic architectural patterns that vary according to cultural, geographical, and topographical conditions. This includes the Jomaa' and the Qiblatain mosques, built by the Prophet Muhammad, and others that were built by his companions and followers such as the Salman Al-Farsi Mosque and the Mosque of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq. The then-Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) counted nearly 1, 300 historic mosques in various regions of the Kingdom. "Historical mosques of Saudi Arabia date back to different periods of time, including the early