El Sahaba Mosque moves to correct religious discourse

CAIRO – 8 October 2017: El-Sahaba Mosque in Sharm El-Sheikh is not only a beautiful building. Coincidentally, it serves as a welcoming place for tourists to ask curious questions about Islam.


photo1- El Sahaba Mosque, Sharm El-Sheikh – Sinai website

Tourists of different cultures and nationalities who happen to be in Sharm el-Sheikh feel free to request logical answers to their questions about Islam in el-Sahaba Mosque.


photo2- El Sahaba Mosque, Sharm El-Sheikh –Best Places Egypt Facebook page

The Ministry of Endowments inaugurated in the now-famous mosque in March 2017 in the Old Market area of Sharm El-Sheikh. It has since become an important tourist center.


Photo3 El Sahaba Mosque, Sharm El-Sheikh – Reuters

The mosque is 35-meter high and can host around 3,000 worshipers. It also sits on a vast piece of land with a large fountain in the front. The mosque has two minarets that are 70-meter high.


Photo4 El Sahaba Mosque in the Old Market – Sinai website

El-Sahaba Mosque is under the supervision of the Ministry of Endowments and the Islamic Research Academy of Al-Azhar.


Photo5 Opening of El Sahaba Mosque, Sharm El-Sheikh – Reuters