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Accra Gets New Central Mosque by AzontoGhost(m): 3:01pm On Aug 13, 2014
Next year will mark a major milestone in the celebration
of Ramadan in Ghana, as the ten million dollar
sponsored ultra modern national mosque complex at
Kanda, Accra will be commissioned.
Under the instrumentality of President Dramani Mahama
and the Turkish government, the world class edifice,
being sponsored by Turkish Hudai Foundation, according
contractors will be ready for use early next year.
With three entrances, the 33 metres high mosque which
will accommodate about 10,000 worshippers, will replace
an old central mosque that was pulled down at Mokola
following a demolition exercise some years back. It will
also house a school complex, residence for the National
Chief Imam and a spacious car park.
The new central mosque will also have a clinic, an
administration block, an auditorium and a conference
centre.
So far, three out the four minarets the mosque is
expected to have, have been erected, with the last one
under construction.
In an interview with The Finder newspaper, a member
of the construction technical committee and General
Secretary of Council of Muslim Cheifs, Alhaji Billy
Bramah said that all the walls around the mosque
would be covered with special marble form Turkey while
the domes would be covered with lead metal sheets.
He disclosed that parts of the roofing materials have
arrived in the country recently from Turkey, and they
would soon be used to cover the domes, adding that the
floor of the mosque would be covered with carpets.
According to The Finder newspaper report, Alhaji
Bramah said out of the $10million voted for the
complex, between $5.5 million and $6million would be
spent on the mosque while the rest would be used to
construct one Teacher Training College, a Senior High
School (SHS), and two administrative blocks, one to serve
as office of the National Chief Imam.
He said the Teacher Training College was to compliment
government’s efforts aimed at producing enough
teachers to close the current deficit.
Partners implementing the project are Office of the
National Chief Imam, Presidency of Religious Affairs of
the Republic of Turkey, Human Development
International (HUDAI) and Ghana Friendship and
Solidarity Association (GANADER), a Turkish Non-
Governmental Organizations.
Alhaji Billy Bramah added that the Turkish experts
working on the project are also transferring technical
know-how to their Ghanaian counterparts.
Source: Al-Hajj

Re: Accra Gets New Central Mosque by Dragonking: 4:04pm On Aug 13, 2014
Ghana is digging their own grave for encouraging these lunatics..Very soon they will know they made a mistake just like Nigeria.
Re: Accra Gets New Central Mosque by Ashantiking: 6:42pm On Aug 13, 2014
Dragonking: Ghana is digging their own grave for encouraging these lunatics..Very soon they will know they made a mistake just like Nigeria.

Ghana Muslims are more liberal.
Re: Accra Gets New Central Mosque by hushmail: 10:16pm On Aug 13, 2014
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Re: Accra Gets New Central Mosque by AzontoGhost(m): 11:53pm On Aug 13, 2014
another photo

Re: Accra Gets New Central Mosque by shidof(m): 12:26am On Aug 14, 2014
masha Allah, welkum development
Re: Accra Gets New Central Mosque by iamord(m): 8:30am On Mar 21, 2015
Beautiful ottoman style architecture

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