Egypt opens 30 mosques across 14 governorates in ministry programme

Egypt's Ministry of Endowments has opened 30 mosques across 14 governorates, among them three newly built and 15 rebuilt or renovated.

• The Ministry of Endowments opened 30 mosques on Friday, comprising three new constructions, 15 replacements and renovations, and 12 maintenance and development projects.
• The ministry said the total for the current fiscal year, since July 1, reached 293 mosques across the country.
• The ministry stated that 14,972 mosques have been replaced, renovated, maintained or furnished since July 2014, at an estimated cost of 29.235 billion Egyptian pounds.
• Officials representing the Beni Suef governor inaugurated the reconstructed Al-Rahman and Al-Ikhlas mosques in Samsat and Ihnasiya, costing over 8 million pounds.