05May2005 Expansion of King Abdulaziz Establishment for Islamic Studies

Casablanca, 5 May 2005

Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has issued instructions to start a project for the expansion of the King Abdulaziz Al Saud Establishment for Islamic Studies and Humanitarian Sciences in Casablanca, Morocco, to mark the 20th anniversary of its establishment.

The new expansion increases the capacity of the facility to accommodate 800 Quran reciters, instead of 400, and the storage capacity of publications to one million documents instead of 550,000.

The current building includes a mosque that accommodates more than 5,000 worshippers and an advanced library.

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