Lakemba Mosque who assist in the running and maintenance of the mosque. Currently the mosque has three official Imams: Due its influence and significance, the mosque regularly hosts and is a first stop for visiting Islamic scholars from overseas. The mosque and its operations are overseen by a committee. The mosque offers a number of religious classes, such as in Prophetic biography, Fiqh and Aqidah. The mosque gives a platform to a number of local Shaykhs to speak and teach, such as Shaykh Wesam Charkawi. Several thousand worshippers normally attend weekly prayers on Fridays. In 2015 around 30,000 worshippers attended Eid prayers
Umm al-Qura Mosque a quasi-governmental agency responsible for Sunni mosques in Iraq, which took control of Umm al-Qura. On 28 August 2011, the mosque was attacked by a suicide bomber during prayers, killing at least 28 people and injuring 30 more. An Iraqi member of parliament was among the dead. Umm al-Qura Mosque The Umm al-Qura Mosque ("Mother of All Cities") is a mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. It is the city's largest place of worship for Sunni Muslims. Originally called the Umm al-Ma'arik ("Mother of All Battles") mosque, it was designed to commemorate Saddam Hussein's victory in the 1991 Gulf War and was