The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque would be ready for inauguration in September 2007. The Mosque, which spreads on an area of 22,412 square metres, is the third biggest mosque in the world in terms of total area, trailing only the two Holy Shrines in Mecca and Medina. It is among the world's ten biggest mosques in terms of the size of the building structure, which is being constructed at a total cost of AED2.167 billion.
According to WAM, the late UAE founder and leader, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, gave his directives in 1996 for the building of the mosque.
