Imam Baqir Mosque

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Imam Baqir Mosque, Kuwait
Religion
AffiliationShia Islam
Location
LocationSurra,  Kuwait
Geographic coordinates29°22′11″N 47°58′42″E / 29.36972°N 47.97833°E / 29.36972; 47.97833
Architecture
TypeMosque
Completed2007
Construction cost340,000 KD
Specifications
Capacity8,000
Dome(s)2 Big 2 Small
Minaret(s)4

Imam Baqir Mosque is a Shi'a mosque located in Surra, Kuwait. The prayer hall for men holds 6,000 worshippers, and the women's prayer hall contains about 2,000. In 2011 the imam of the mosque was Sheikh Mustafa. Imam Baqir Mosque is one of the largest Shi'a Mosques in Kuwait. For Friday prayer, most worshippers come in the afternoon. During the Maghreb Prayer about 2,000 Worshippers attend. Construction was started in 2005, and was completed in 2007.

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