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Bait ul-Mokarram
Moschee in Bangladesch / aus Wikipedia, der freien encyclopedia
Das Baitul Mokarram (Deutsch: „Das heilige Haus“; Bengalisch: মসজিদ বায়তুল মোকাররম / বাইতুল মোকাররম, Masjid Bāẏtul Mokārram / Bāitul Mokārram; auch Baitul Mukarram - বায়তুল মুকাররম, Bāẏtul Mukārram) ist Bangladeschs größte Moschee und steht im Zentrum der Hauptstadt Dhaka.
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Als Dhaka in den späten 1950er Jahren als damalige Hauptstadt Ostpakistans rasch anwuchs, entstand auch die Idee einer zentral gelegenen großen Moschee. Zu diesem Zweck wurde 1959 die Baitul Mukarram Mosque Society gegründet. Als idealer Bauplatz wurde ein Grundstück am Rand der Altstadt, am Übergang zum neuen Dhaka, befunden. Der Bau wurde am 27. Januar 1960 begonnen und 1963 eingeweiht.