150,000 people have iftar at UAE mosque
August 5th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANSAbu Dhabi, Aug 4 (IANS/WAM) Around 150,000 people had iftar at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the largest mosque in the UAE, in the second week of the holy month of Ramadan.
The mosque was built in memory of late UAE president Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
Around 20,000 iftar meals are given out daily at the mosque.
The iftar project launched at the mosque in 2004 has become a social and cultural forum that brings together people from across the country.
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