Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News, 2014-05-27

Twenty new masaajids will be opened in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia before the drawn of the holy month of Ramadaan.

Talal Al-Aqil, general manager for endowments and masaajids in Jeddah, said local businesspeople had donated SR18 million to build the masaajids.

The masaajids are in neighborhoods that need places of worship, including Al-Marwa, Al-Haramain, Al-Safa, Al-Rawabi, Al-Mohammadia, North Jeddah, and the North Terminal neighborhoods.

Al-Aqil said the authorities are prepared for Ramadan and going to renovate many of the old masaajids in the days ahead.

Jeddah has more than 2,000 masaajids

Several residents in the Al-Haramain neighborhood had appealed to the administration and businesspeople to build mosques in their area.

The neighborhood, which has a population of more than 20,000 people, has only eight masaajids.

 Fahd Zalaai, a resident living in the area, said that the lack of masaajids has forced him to drive to other locations far away, especially for Jumu’ah Salaah.

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