Lal Masjid built

1966 CE.

Shown on the map at 33.713°, 73.087°.

The Lal Masjid (Urdu: لال مسجد, lit. 'Red Mosque'), officially the Markazi Jāmi Masjid Islamabad (Urdu: مرکزی جامع مسجد اسلام آباد, lit. 'Central Mosque Islamabad') is a Congregational mosque located in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The mosque was constructed in 1966 and is one of the oldest mosques in the city. It was also the largest mosque in the city for twenty years, until the Faisal Mosque was built in 1986. Located in a very central position, it lies in close proximity to the two busy commercial centres - the Aabpara Market in the east and the Melody Market in the north and is a short distance away from the Presidential Palace and Prime Minister's Office. The mosque later came to be known as the site of a siege which led to a military operation by the Pakistan Army against the leaders and students of the mosque, resulting in hundreds of deaths. As of 2021, Mawlānā Abdul Aziz remains the Imam and khateeb (sermon giver) of the mosque.

Text from the Wikipedia article Lal Masjid, Islamabad, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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