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One of these mosques is over 600 years old and is still being used for prayers today Published: February 24, 2021 10:00 1 of 16 Al Bidya Mosque is the oldest mosque in the UAE and was built-in 1446 or in 1599. The exact date is not exactly known. The Bidya mosque was built during the Ottoman era, and it reflects the Islamic architecture of that period. The mosque was placed on a very small area of seven square metres. It has four cone-like domes but without any minarets. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News 2 of 16 The amazing feature of the mosque is the roof. It was built with four domes on one column without wooden bars. Neither iron, steel or wood was used in the construction. There are also several small ornate windows and built in sections in the walls to keep the Holy Quran. The mosque is accessible to the public and people can still pray in it.
Dubai: Have you ever seen such a unique looking structure? With four irregular domes, made out of mud and stone, surrounded by an old wall and forts with watchtowers, stands the unusually shaped Al Bidya Mosque - the oldest mosque in the UAE. Al Bidya isnt the first mosque to ever be built in the UAE as Islam was adopted by the region over 1,400 years ago, but many of the mosques built earlier were made of weaker material and were probably destroyed, so Al Bidya is currently the oldest standing mosque in the UAE. Emirati Historian, Rashad Bukhash, who was involved in the 2008 restoration of the small building, argues that it is a unique historical structure in the UAE. "After hundreds of years standing, when we evaluated it in 2008, we realised that it was in pretty good shape. It is wonderful that it remained intact for such a long time," he said to Gulf News.