Doha Education City Beautiful Mosque and Premise…جامع المدينة التعليمية

Education City Mosque is one of the most beautiful mosques I have ever seen, emphasizing the richness and diversity of the Islamic heritage.
The 35 000m2 building can accommodate 1,800 worshippers indoors and 500 in the courtyards.
Two minarets which stretch up to 90 meters into the sky and point straight towards Makkah, Saudi Arabia. 2 000 tons of steel were used for the two large minarets.
The exterior of the mosque is covered with embossed verses from the Qur’an.
Representing the five pillars of Islam, the mosque rests on five main structural columns. Four streams of water flow from the surrounding gardens into the building, each representing wine, milk, honey and water
It was designed by Mangera Yvars Architects (from London and Barcelona) who was inspired by the relationship of "Knowledge and light". The Quraan places great emphasis on the importance of knowledge in order to reach enlightenment.
All five prayers are performed at the mosque and the public is welcome to come in and tour the mosque.
Translation and Sign Language.
Every Friday for the Jumuah Khutbah (sermon), the Education City mosque provides headphones and devices whereby you are able to tune into the translation. Since there are a limited number of devices it's on a first come, first serve basis.
Alternatively you could take your own earphones, install the Hearing Hotspot app which is freely available from either iTunes or google playstore. One will be required to connect to the education city mosque WiFi for the application to function.
From the app you have a selection of two translation languages either English or Urdu. The translation happens in real time from within mosque. The ECM also provides sign language translation to those which are hearing impaired.
To hire devices from ECM you are required to provide some sort of Identification which will be held by the guards until the items are returned. Two devices only are given per RP or passport.
Ladies facilities are available on the second floor. Ladies also have devices available for use. Children are welcome.
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