The Sunni Endowments Directorate has announced that 31 mosques would be converted to jamea mosques (congregational mosques) temporarily during Ramadhan, where Friday prayers will be held as of the first Friday of the holy month.

Dr. Shaikh Rashid bin Mohammed Al Hajeri, Sunni Endowments Council’s Chair, and Advisor for Religious Affairs at the National Guard, highlighted that the council was keen on providing all necessary facilities in a number of mosques under administration to help the worshipers perform their prayers with comfort and ease.

The mosques which have been allocated as jamea mosques in the Muharraq Governorate are: (Al Noor Cabin) Al Kooheji Mosque in East Hidd, Sahaba Mosque in Qalali, Aysha Al Rasheed Mosque in Diyar Al Muharraq, Umhat Al Momineen Mosque in Arad, Osama Bin Zaid Mosque in Arad, Ali Bin Yousif Fakhro Mosque, Bin Khater Mosque in Muharraq, Ali bin Ebrahim Al Zayani Mosque, Al Bukuwara Mosque, Omar Bin Abdul Aziz Mosque, Southern Busaiteen Mosque, Hessa bint Khalifa Bin Ali Al Ammari Mosque in Busaiteen , and Shaikha bint Abdulrahman Mosque.

Temporary jamea mosques in the Southern Governorate are: Al Ikhlas Mosque in Isa town, Badriya Jaafar Al Murbati Mosque in Al Buhair-East Riffa, Essa bin Essa Mosque in East Riffa, Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa Mosque in East Riffa, Shaikh Khalifa bin Mohammed bin Salman Al Khalifa Mosque, Bukuwara Mosque in East Riffa, Al Bayan Mosque in Bukuwara-East Riffa, Abi Abdullah Salman Al Farsi Mosque in East Riffa, Al Muhajireen mosque in Al Hajiyat, Hunain Mosque in Bukuwar- East Riffa, and Amr Bin Al Aas Mosque in East Riffa.

All the temporary jamea mosques in the Northern Governorate will be in Hamad Town, and are as follows: Al Dowaisan Mosque in roundabout 1, Shaikh Al Aziz Mosque in roundabout 5, Abdul Rahman Bin Ouf Mosque in roundabout 10, Abu Ayyub Al Ansari Mosque in roundabout 21, Hamza Bin Abdul Mutalib Mosque in roundabout 21, and Asma That Al Netaqain Mosque in roundabout 21.

Saad bin Abi Waqas Mosque in Um Al Hassam at the Capital Govenornate has also been temporarily turned into a jamea mosque during the holy month of Ramadhan.