The Director of the Department of Islamic Affairs in Sharjah, Abdullah bin Yaruf al-Sabousi, revealed during his intervention through the direct line program about the opening of approximately 50 mosques during the current year in the Emirate, 30 of which will open before the holy month of Ramadan, and will include all areas of the emirate, indicating that the construction of these mosques comes within The department's strategic plans for this year.
He continued: His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, opened today in the central region of Al Dhaid, the mosque of the martyr Sultan Muhammad bin Howaiden al-Ketbi, who was martyred in 2015, after he wrote the most wonderful pictures of heroism and redemption in the service of his religion and country until he rose to his Lord A martyr during the performance of his national duty within the forces participating in the "restoration of hope" in Yemen.
And that the mosque was built at the expense of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah and that his reward be for the martyr, indicating that the mosque has a capacity for 1850 worshipers, and was designed in the Fatimid Islamic architectural style, and its cost reached 21.5 million dirhams.