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{{Short description|Mosque in Doha, Qatar}}
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[[File:Bookshelves in Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.jpg|thumb|Bookshelves in the mosque library.]]
[[File:Bookshelves in Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.jpg|thumb|Bookshelves in the mosque library.]]


'''Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque''' (also called the '''Qatar State Mosque''') is the [[national mosque]] of [[Qatar]]. It is named after [[Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab]], a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]] preacher, [[Islamic scholar|scholar]], and [[Islamic theology|theologian]] from the [[Najd]] region in central [[Arabia]],<ref name="Laoust2012">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Laoust |first=H. |title=Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb |orig-year=1993 |year=2012 |editor1-last=Bearman |editor1-first=P. J. |editor1-link=Peri Bearman |editor2-last=Bianquis |editor2-first=Th. |editor2-link=Thierry Bianquis |editor3-last=Bosworth |editor3-first=C. E. |editor3-link=Clifford Edmund Bosworth |editor4-last=van Donzel |editor4-first=E. J. |editor4-link=Emeri Johannes van Donzel |editor5-last=Heinrichs |editor5-first=W. P. |editor5-link=Wolfhart Heinrichs |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia of Islam]] |edition=2nd |location=[[Leiden]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3033 |isbn=978-90-04-16121-4}}</ref><ref name="Haykel2013">{{cite book |last=Haykel |first=Bernard |author-link=Bernard Haykel |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q1I0pcrFFSUC&pg=PA231 |chapter=Ibn ‛Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad (1703-92) |year=2013 |editor1-last=Böwering |editor1-first=Gerhard |editor1-link=Gerhard Böwering |editor2-last=Crone |editor2-first=Patricia |editor2-link=Patricia Crone |editor3-last=Kadi |editor3-first=Wadad |editor4-last=Mirza |editor4-first=Mahan |editor5-last=Stewart |editor5-first=Devin J. |editor5-link=Devin J. Stewart |editor6-last=Zaman |editor6-first=Muhammad Qasim |title=The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought |location=[[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton, NJ]] |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |pages=231–232 |isbn=978-0-691-13484-0 |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="Esposito2004">{{cite book |editor-last=Esposito |editor-first=John L. |editor-link=John Esposito |year=2004 |title=[[The Oxford Dictionary of Islam]] |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VeCWQfVNjkC&pg=PA123 |chapter=Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad (d. 1791) |location=[[New York City|New York]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=123 |isbn=0-19-512559-2 |access-date=1 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Oxford2020">{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e916 |title=Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad - Oxford Islamic Studies Online |date=2020 |website=www.oxfordislamicstudies.com |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="dohanews">{{cite news|title=Qatar's state mosque opens to the public|url=http://dohanews.co/the-state-mosque-of-qatar-now-officially/|accessdate=27 June 2015|agency=Doha News|publisher=Doha News|date=6 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=Imam Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab Mosque in Doha - Qatar|url=http://www.beautifulmosque.com/Imam-Muhammad-ibn-Abdul-Wahhab-Mosque-in-Doha-Qatar|website=Beautiful Mosque|accessdate=19 June 2015}}</ref> founder of the Islamic doctrine and movement known as [[Wahhabism]].<ref name="Laoust2012" /><ref name="Haykel2013" /><ref name="Esposito2004" /><ref name="Oxford2020" /><ref name="Wagemakers 2021">{{cite book |author-last=Wagemakers |author-first=Joas |year=2021 |chapter=Part 3: Fundamentalisms and Extremists – The Citadel of Salafism |editor1-last=Cusack |editor1-first=Carole M. |editor1-link=Carole M. Cusack |editor2-last=Upal |editor2-first=M. Afzal |editor2-link=Afzal Upal |title=Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements |location=[[Leiden]] and [[Boston]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |series=Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion |volume=21 |doi=10.1163/9789004435544_019 |doi-access=free |pages=333-347 |isbn=978-90-04-43554-4 |issn=1874-6691}}</ref>
'''Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque''' (also called the '''Qatar State Mosque''') is the [[national mosque]] of [[Qatar]]. It is named after [[Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab]], a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]] preacher, [[Islamic scholar|scholar]], and [[Islamic theology|theologian]] from the [[Najd]] region in central [[Arabia]],<ref name="Laoust2012">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Laoust |first=H. |title=Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb |orig-year=1993 |year=2012 |editor1-last=Bearman |editor1-first=P. J. |editor1-link=Peri Bearman |editor2-last=Bianquis |editor2-first=Th. |editor2-link=Thierry Bianquis |editor3-last=Bosworth |editor3-first=C. E. |editor3-link=Clifford Edmund Bosworth |editor4-last=van Donzel |editor4-first=E. J. |editor4-link=Emeri Johannes van Donzel |editor5-last=Heinrichs |editor5-first=W. P. |editor5-link=Wolfhart Heinrichs |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia of Islam]] |edition=2nd |location=[[Leiden]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3033 |isbn=978-90-04-16121-4}}</ref><ref name="Haykel2013">{{cite book |last=Haykel |first=Bernard |title=The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-691-13484-0 |editor1-last=Böwering |editor1-first=Gerhard |editor1-link=Gerhard Böwering |location=[[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton, NJ]] |pages=231–232 |chapter=Ibn ‛Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad (1703-92) |quote=Founder of a revivalist and reformist religious movement centered in Najd in central Arabia and commonly referred to as the Wahhabiyya or Wahhabis, Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab belonged to a prominent family of Hanbali scholars, the Al Musharraf of Ushayqir |author-link=Bernard Haykel |access-date=15 July 2020 |editor2-last=Crone |editor2-first=Patricia |editor2-link=Patricia Crone |editor3-last=Kadi |editor3-first=Wadad |editor4-last=Mirza |editor4-first=Mahan |editor5-last=Stewart |editor5-first=Devin J. |editor5-link=Devin J. Stewart |editor6-last=Zaman |editor6-first=Muhammad Qasim |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q1I0pcrFFSUC&pg=PA231}}</ref><ref name="Esposito2004">{{cite book |title=[[The Oxford Dictionary of Islam]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2004 |isbn=0-19-512559-2 |editor-last=Esposito |editor-first=John L. |editor-link=John Esposito |location=[[New York City|New York]] |page=123 |chapter=Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad (d. 1791) |quote= |access-date=1 October 2020 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VeCWQfVNjkC&pg=PA123}}</ref><ref name="Oxford2020">{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e916 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712051853/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e916 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2016 |title=Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad - Oxford Islamic Studies Online |date=2020 |website=www.oxfordislamicstudies.com |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="dohanews">{{cite news|title=Qatar's state mosque opens to the public|url=http://dohanews.co/the-state-mosque-of-qatar-now-officially/|accessdate=27 June 2015|agency=Doha News|publisher=Doha News|date=6 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=Imam Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab Mosque in Doha - Qatar|url=http://www.beautifulmosque.com/Imam-Muhammad-ibn-Abdul-Wahhab-Mosque-in-Doha-Qatar|website=Beautiful Mosque|accessdate=19 June 2015|archive-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612015824/http://www.beautifulmosque.com/Imam-Muhammad-ibn-Abdul-Wahhab-Mosque-in-Doha-Qatar|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Wagemakers 2021">{{cite book |author-last=Wagemakers |author-first=Joas |year=2021 |chapter=Part 3: Fundamentalisms and Extremists – The Citadel of Salafism |editor1-last=Cusack |editor1-first=Carole M. |editor1-link=Carole M. Cusack |editor2-last=Upal |editor2-first=M. Afzal |editor2-link=Afzal Upal |title=Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements |location=[[Leiden]] and [[Boston]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |series=Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion |volume=21 |doi=10.1163/9789004435544_019 |doi-access=free |pages=333–347 |isbn=978-90-04-43554-4 |issn=1874-6691}}</ref> founder of the [[Islamic revival|Islamic revivalist]] and [[Islah|reformist]] movement known as [[Wahhabism]].<ref name="Laoust2012" /><ref name="Haykel2013" /><ref name="Esposito2004" /><ref name="Oxford2020" /><ref name="Wagemakers 2021" />

The mosque was opened in 2011, with the [[Emir of Qatar]] presiding over the occasion.<ref name="dohanews" /><ref name=":3" />


==Architecture==
==Architecture==
The mosque is built in [[Arab architecture|traditional Arab]] style with modern features.<ref name=":3" />
The mosque is built in [[Arab architecture|traditional Arab]] style with modern features.<ref name=":3" />


The mosque covers a total area of 175,164 sq.m. As many as 11,000 men can offer prayers in the air-conditioned central hall of the mosque and the adjacent special enclosure is spacious enough for 1200 women. There are three main doors and 17 side entrances to the mosque. As many as 28 large domes cover the central hall while 65 domes cover the outer quadrangle. On the whole the mosque can hold a congregation of 30,000 people.<ref name=":3" />
Spanning an expansive area of 175,164 square meters, the mosque features a centrally air-conditioned hall where up to 11,000 men can comfortably participate in prayers. Additionally, a generously sized enclosure adjacent to the central hall accommodates 1,200 women. The mosque boasts three primary entrances and 17 side entrances. The central hall is adorned with 28 large domes, while the outer quadrangle is crowned with 65 domes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Marhaba |date=2021-11-19 |title=The State Mosque |url=https://www.marhaba.qa/the-state-mosque/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Marhaba Qatar |language=en-GB}}</ref> On the whole the mosque can hold a congregation of 30,000 people.<ref name=":3" />


==Controversy==
==Controversy==
In 2012, the mosque banned children from entering the mosque during ''[[tarawih]]'' prayers in the month of [[Ramadhan]]. This resulted in parents arguing with security staff.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|title=Qatar's state mosque reinstates Ramadan ban on small kids|url=http://dohanews.co/qatars-state-mosque-reinstates-ramadan-ban-on-small/|accessdate=27 June 2015|agency=Doha News|publisher=Doha News|date=14 July 2013}}</ref>
The mosque was opened in 2011, with the [[Emir of Qatar]] presiding over the occasion.<ref name="dohanews" /><ref name=":3" /> In 2012, the mosque banned children from entering the mosque during ''[[tarawih]]'' prayers in the month of [[Ramadhan]]. This resulted in parents arguing with security staff.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|title=Qatar's state mosque reinstates Ramadan ban on small kids|url=http://dohanews.co/qatars-state-mosque-reinstates-ramadan-ban-on-small/|accessdate=27 June 2015|agency=Doha News|publisher=Doha News|date=14 July 2013}}</ref>


A female worshiper accompanying a toddler complained that they were turned away from sunset prayers (when the mosque was fairly empty). When she protested, she was offered a prayer rug and shown to a corner near the ablution room, but was still not allowed to go upstairs to pray.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|title=A place in Qatar where kids are *not* welcome? Let the debate begin|url=http://dohanews.co/a-place-in-qatar-where-kids-are-not-welcome-let-the/|accessdate=27 June 2015|agency=Doha News|publisher=Doha News|date=25 July 2012}}</ref> Male worshipers had similar complaints.<ref name=":2" />
A female worshiper accompanying a toddler complained that they were turned away from sunset prayers (when the mosque was fairly empty). When she protested, she was offered a prayer rug and shown to a corner near the ablution room, but was still not allowed to go upstairs to pray.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|title=A place in Qatar where kids are *not* welcome? Let the debate begin|url=http://dohanews.co/a-place-in-qatar-where-kids-are-not-welcome-let-the/|accessdate=27 June 2015|agency=Doha News|publisher=Doha News|date=25 July 2012}}</ref> Male worshipers had similar complaints.<ref name=":2" />
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[[Zaghloul El-Naggar]] engaged in [[9/11 conspiracy theories|9/11 denial]] and spoke twice in the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.<ref name="Gilligan"/>
[[Zaghloul El-Naggar]] engaged in [[9/11 conspiracy theories|9/11 denial]] and spoke twice in the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.<ref name="Gilligan"/>


In a Sermon at Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque [[Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq]] delivered a sermon, calling for the end of Jews and Christians by the hands of God and called for Muslims and Islam to be exalted by God on February 2013.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Feb 26, 2013 |year= |title= خطبة الجمعة للشيخ سعد العتيق بجامع محمد بن عبدالوهاب بقطر |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD06tq5vgqk |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Feb 11, 2015 |year= |title=Segments of sermon by Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq - Feb. 2013 |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bParaP5nGz8 |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> On 2 October 2013 at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque, Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq again called for their destruction of Christians and Jews and called for Muslims and Islam to be exalted.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Oct 6, 2013 |year= |title= خطبة الجمعة الشيخ سعد عتيق الدوسري 28 ذو القعدة 1434 هـ |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBkrwnPuqhc&t=22m22s |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> On February 2014 the [[Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Qatar)]] tweeted that the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque was hosting another sermon by al-Ateeq.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=وزارة الأوقاف - قطر |user=AwqafM |number=436406397643681792 |date=20 February 2014 |title=موعدكم اليوم مع محاضرة بعنوان (الزم قدميها) لفضيلة الشيخ / سعد العتيق بعد صلاة العشاء بجامع الإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب |language=ar |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> On 6 July 2014 during Ramadan, al-Ateeq preached at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Nov 16, 2014 |year= |title= عبادة الصمت - لفضيلة الشيخ.د / سعد العتيق |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8uQt5mGkAE |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> on 9 July 2014 al-Ateeq also gave another Ramadan sermon at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Dec 8, 2014 |year= |title= مكائد الشيطان - لفضيلة الشيخ .د / سعد بن عتيق العتيق |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZm5mdLWnAQ |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq has called for the destruction of Shias, Christians, Nusayris ([[Alawites]]), and Jews and called for Muslims and Islam to be exalted in the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque on January 2015.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Feb 9, 2015 |year= |title=Segment of sermon by Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq - Jan. 2015 |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQMLqqwtSl0 |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Jan 30, 2015 |year= |title= #خطبة_الجمعة سعد العتيق 10 ربيع الثاني 1436 هـ |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBOdxbKVC6I |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> This was advertised on the website of the [[Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Qatar)]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.islam.gov.qa/Article.aspx?art=7663&cnt=2&lf=177 |title=د. العتيق يخطب الجمعة بجامع الامام |last= |first= |date=January 30, 2015 |website=وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية - دولة قطر |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> and on the official Twitter account of the [[Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Qatar)]]<ref>{{cite tweet |author=وزارة الأوقاف - قطر |user=AwqafM |number=560702214599999489 |date=29 January 2015 |title=الشيخ د.سعد بن عتيق العتيق خطيب يوم الجمعة 2015/1/30 بجامع الإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب http://t.co/sYdB1bGmAC |language=ar |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> His January 2015 sermon in the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque was advertised by al-Ateeq on his Twitter.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=سعد بن عتيق العتيق |user=SaadAlateeg |number=560734909052895232 |date=29 January 2015 |title=عشاء الليلة الخميس 9 ربيع الثاني محاضرة للشيخ / سعد العتيق بجامع الامام محمد بن عبد الوهاب بالدوحة #قطر ادارة الصفحة http://t.co/BIOiSMm9wW |language=ar |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> The [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenddemocracy.org/dw-tv-subtitles/|title=Recent Qatari incitement and Troubling Extremist Ties|last1=Adaki |first1=Oren |last2=Weinberg|first2=David Andrew|publisher=Foundation for Defense of Democracies}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Dettmer |first=Jamie |date=14 April 2017 |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/qatars-a-us-ally-against-isis-so-whys-it-cheerleading-the-bad-guys |title=Qatar's a U.S. Ally Against ISIS, So Why's It Cheerleading the Bad Guys? |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> and ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine have run articles on Al-Ateeq and his views, with Foreign Policy having compiled a large documentation of his government sponsored activities at this Mosque.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/05/preaching-hate-and-sectarianism-in-the-gulf-saudi-arabia-qatar-uae-saad-bin-ateeq-al-ateeq/|title=Preaching Hate and Sectarianism in the Gulf|first1=Oren|last1=Adaki|first2=David Andrew|last2=Weinberg|date=May 5, 2015|newspaper=Foreign Policy}}</ref>
In a Sermon at Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque, [[Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq]] delivered a sermon, calling for the end of Jews and Christians by the hands of God and called for Muslims and Islam to be exalted by God in February 2013.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Feb 26, 2013 |year= |title= خطبة الجمعة للشيخ سعد العتيق بجامع محمد بن عبدالوهاب بقطر |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD06tq5vgqk |access-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Feb 11, 2015 |year= |title=Segments of sermon by Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq - Feb. 2013 |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bParaP5nGz8 |access-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> On 2 October 2013, at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque, Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq again called for the destruction of Christians and Jews and called for Muslims and Islam to be exalted.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Oct 6, 2013 |year= |title= خطبة الجمعة الشيخ سعد عتيق الدوسري 28 ذو القعدة 1434 هـ |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBkrwnPuqhc&t=22m22s |access-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> In February 2014, the [[Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Qatar)]] tweeted that the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque was hosting another sermon by al-Ateeq.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=وزارة الأوقاف - قطر |user=AwqafM |number=436406397643681792 |date=20 February 2014 |title=موعدكم اليوم مع محاضرة بعنوان (الزم قدميها) لفضيلة الشيخ / سعد العتيق بعد صلاة العشاء بجامع الإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب |language=ar |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> On 6 July 2014, during Ramadan, al-Ateeq preached at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Nov 16, 2014 |year= |title= عبادة الصمت - لفضيلة الشيخ.د / سعد العتيق |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8uQt5mGkAE |access-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> On 9 July 2014 al-Ateeq also gave another Ramadan sermon at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Dec 8, 2014 |year= |title= مكائد الشيطان - لفضيلة الشيخ .د / سعد بن عتيق العتيق |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZm5mdLWnAQ |access-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq has called for the destruction of Shias, Christians, Nusayris ([[Alawites]]), and Jews and called for Muslims and Islam to be exalted in the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque in January 2015.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Feb 9, 2015 |year= |title=Segment of sermon by Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq - Jan. 2015 |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQMLqqwtSl0 |access-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=Jan 30, 2015 |year= |title= #خطبة_الجمعة سعد العتيق 10 ربيع الثاني 1436 هـ |trans-title= |medium= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBOdxbKVC6I |access-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> This was advertised on the website of the [[Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Qatar)]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.islam.gov.qa/Article.aspx?art=7663&cnt=2&lf=177 |title=د. العتيق يخطب الجمعة بجامع الامام |last= |first= |date=January 30, 2015 |website=وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية - دولة قطر |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> and on the official Twitter account of the [[Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Qatar)]]<ref>{{cite tweet |author=وزارة الأوقاف - قطر |user=AwqafM |number=560702214599999489 |date=29 January 2015 |title=الشيخ د.سعد بن عتيق العتيق خطيب يوم الجمعة 2015/1/30 بجامع الإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب http://t.co/sYdB1bGmAC |language=ar |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> His January 2015 sermon in the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque was advertised by al-Ateeq on his Twitter.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=سعد بن عتيق العتيق |user=SaadAlateeg |number=560734909052895232 |date=29 January 2015 |title=عشاء الليلة الخميس 9 ربيع الثاني محاضرة للشيخ / سعد العتيق بجامع الامام محمد بن عبد الوهاب بالدوحة #قطر ادارة الصفحة http://t.co/BIOiSMm9wW |language=ar |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> The [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenddemocracy.org/dw-tv-subtitles/|title=Recent Qatari incitement and Troubling Extremist Ties|last1=Adaki |first1=Oren |last2=Weinberg|first2=David Andrew|publisher=Foundation for Defense of Democracies}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Dettmer |first=Jamie |date=14 April 2017 |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/qatars-a-us-ally-against-isis-so-whys-it-cheerleading-the-bad-guys |title=Qatar's a U.S. Ally Against ISIS, So Why's It Cheerleading the Bad Guys? |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> and ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine have run articles on Al-Ateeq and his views, with Foreign Policy having compiled a large documentation of his government sponsored activities at this Mosque.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/05/preaching-hate-and-sectarianism-in-the-gulf-saudi-arabia-qatar-uae-saad-bin-ateeq-al-ateeq/|title=Preaching Hate and Sectarianism in the Gulf|first1=Oren|last1=Adaki|first2=David Andrew|last2=Weinberg|date=May 5, 2015|newspaper=Foreign Policy}}</ref>


In 2017 there has been a request published on the Saudi Arabian newspaper ''[[Okaz]]'' signed by 200 descendants of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab to change the name of the mosque, because according to their statement "it does not carry its true [[Salafism|Salafi]] path", even though most [[Qataris]] adhere to Wahhabism.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/gulf-qatar-idUSL8N1IU0AH |title=Descendants of Saudi Wahhabism founder distance themselves from Qatar |date=29 May 2017 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802042309/http://www.reuters.com/article/gulf-qatar-idUSL8N1IU0AH |archive-date=2 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2017, there has been a request published on the Saudi Arabian newspaper ''[[Okaz]]'' signed by 200 descendants of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab to change the name of the mosque, because according to their statement "it does not carry its true [[Salafism|Salafi]] path", even though most [[Qataris]] adhere to Wahhabism.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/gulf-qatar-idUSL8N1IU0AH |title=Descendants of Saudi Wahhabism founder distance themselves from Qatar |date=29 May 2017 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802042309/http://www.reuters.com/article/gulf-qatar-idUSL8N1IU0AH |archive-date=2 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Qatar and the Arab Spring |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/qatar-and-arab-spring/ |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=openDemocracy |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Nahouza|first=Namira|title=Wahhabism and the Rise of the New Salafists: Theology, Power and Sunni Islam|year=2018|publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]]|isbn=9781788311427|pages=1}}</ref>


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Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationDoha, Qatar
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleIslamic
Completed2011
Specifications
Capacity30,000
Dome(s)90
Minaret(s)1
MaterialsSandstone
Parking lot for Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque with West Bay skyline in background.
Bookshelves in the mosque library.

Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque (also called the Qatar State Mosque) is the national mosque of Qatar. It is named after Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, a Sunni Muslim preacher, scholar, and theologian from the Najd region in central Arabia,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] founder of the Islamic revivalist and reformist movement known as Wahhabism.[1][2][3][4][7]

Architecture

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The mosque is built in traditional Arab style with modern features.[6]

Spanning an expansive area of 175,164 square meters, the mosque features a centrally air-conditioned hall where up to 11,000 men can comfortably participate in prayers. Additionally, a generously sized enclosure adjacent to the central hall accommodates 1,200 women. The mosque boasts three primary entrances and 17 side entrances. The central hall is adorned with 28 large domes, while the outer quadrangle is crowned with 65 domes.[8] On the whole the mosque can hold a congregation of 30,000 people.[6]

Controversy

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The mosque was opened in 2011, with the Emir of Qatar presiding over the occasion.[5][6] In 2012, the mosque banned children from entering the mosque during tarawih prayers in the month of Ramadhan. This resulted in parents arguing with security staff.[9]

A female worshiper accompanying a toddler complained that they were turned away from sunset prayers (when the mosque was fairly empty). When she protested, she was offered a prayer rug and shown to a corner near the ablution room, but was still not allowed to go upstairs to pray.[10] Male worshipers had similar complaints.[10]

In 2013 the ban was reinstated, causing further outrage among mosque attendees.[9]

Mohamad al-Arefe said that Syria jihad is incumbent and did apologia for the militant Islamist group al-Nusra Front, visiting the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.[11]

Zaghloul El-Naggar engaged in 9/11 denial and spoke twice in the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.[11]

In a Sermon at Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque, Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq delivered a sermon, calling for the end of Jews and Christians by the hands of God and called for Muslims and Islam to be exalted by God in February 2013.[12][13] On 2 October 2013, at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque, Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq again called for the destruction of Christians and Jews and called for Muslims and Islam to be exalted.[14] In February 2014, the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Qatar) tweeted that the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque was hosting another sermon by al-Ateeq.[15] On 6 July 2014, during Ramadan, al-Ateeq preached at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.[16] On 9 July 2014 al-Ateeq also gave another Ramadan sermon at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque.[17] Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq has called for the destruction of Shias, Christians, Nusayris (Alawites), and Jews and called for Muslims and Islam to be exalted in the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque in January 2015.[18][19] This was advertised on the website of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Qatar)[20] and on the official Twitter account of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Qatar)[21] His January 2015 sermon in the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque was advertised by al-Ateeq on his Twitter.[22] The Foundation for Defense of Democracies,[23] The Daily Beast,[24] and Foreign Policy magazine have run articles on Al-Ateeq and his views, with Foreign Policy having compiled a large documentation of his government sponsored activities at this Mosque.[25]

In 2017, there has been a request published on the Saudi Arabian newspaper Okaz signed by 200 descendants of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab to change the name of the mosque, because according to their statement "it does not carry its true Salafi path", even though most Qataris adhere to Wahhabism.[26][27][28]

References

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  1. ^ a b Laoust, H. (2012) [1993]. "Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. J.; Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Leiden: Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3033. ISBN 978-90-04-16121-4.
  2. ^ a b Haykel, Bernard (2013). "Ibn ‛Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad (1703-92)". In Böwering, Gerhard; Crone, Patricia; Kadi, Wadad; Mirza, Mahan; Stewart, Devin J.; Zaman, Muhammad Qasim (eds.). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 231–232. ISBN 978-0-691-13484-0. Retrieved 15 July 2020. Founder of a revivalist and reformist religious movement centered in Najd in central Arabia and commonly referred to as the Wahhabiyya or Wahhabis, Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab belonged to a prominent family of Hanbali scholars, the Al Musharraf of Ushayqir
  3. ^ a b Esposito, John L., ed. (2004). "Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad (d. 1791)". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-19-512559-2. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad - Oxford Islamic Studies Online". www.oxfordislamicstudies.com. Oxford University Press. 2020. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Qatar's state mosque opens to the public". Doha News. Doha News. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d "Imam Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab Mosque in Doha - Qatar". Beautiful Mosque. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  7. ^ a b Wagemakers, Joas (2021). "Part 3: Fundamentalisms and Extremists – The Citadel of Salafism". In Cusack, Carole M.; Upal, M. Afzal (eds.). Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion. Vol. 21. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. pp. 333–347. doi:10.1163/9789004435544_019. ISBN 978-90-04-43554-4. ISSN 1874-6691.
  8. ^ Desk, Marhaba (2021-11-19). "The State Mosque". Marhaba Qatar. Retrieved 2023-02-08. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ a b "Qatar's state mosque reinstates Ramadan ban on small kids". Doha News. Doha News. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  10. ^ a b "A place in Qatar where kids are *not* welcome? Let the debate begin". Doha News. Doha News. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  11. ^ a b Gilligan, Andrew (27 Sep 2014). "The 'Club Med for terrorists'". The Telegraph.
  12. ^ خطبة الجمعة للشيخ سعد العتيق بجامع محمد بن عبدالوهاب بقطر. Feb 26, 2013.
  13. ^ Segments of sermon by Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq - Feb. 2013. Feb 11, 2015.
  14. ^ خطبة الجمعة الشيخ سعد عتيق الدوسري 28 ذو القعدة 1434 هـ. Oct 6, 2013.
  15. ^ وزارة الأوقاف - قطر [@AwqafM] (20 February 2014). "موعدكم اليوم مع محاضرة بعنوان (الزم قدميها) لفضيلة الشيخ / سعد العتيق بعد صلاة العشاء بجامع الإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب" (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ عبادة الصمت - لفضيلة الشيخ.د / سعد العتيق. Nov 16, 2014.
  17. ^ مكائد الشيطان - لفضيلة الشيخ .د / سعد بن عتيق العتيق. Dec 8, 2014.
  18. ^ Segment of sermon by Sa'ad Ateeq al-Ateeq - Jan. 2015. Feb 9, 2015.
  19. ^ #خطبة_الجمعة سعد العتيق 10 ربيع الثاني 1436 هـ. Jan 30, 2015.
  20. ^ "د. العتيق يخطب الجمعة بجامع الامام". وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية - دولة قطر. January 30, 2015.
  21. ^ وزارة الأوقاف - قطر [@AwqafM] (29 January 2015). "الشيخ د.سعد بن عتيق العتيق خطيب يوم الجمعة 2015/1/30 بجامع الإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب http://t.co/sYdB1bGmAC" (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ سعد بن عتيق العتيق [@SaadAlateeg] (29 January 2015). "عشاء الليلة الخميس 9 ربيع الثاني محاضرة للشيخ / سعد العتيق بجامع الامام محمد بن عبد الوهاب بالدوحة #قطر ادارة الصفحة http://t.co/BIOiSMm9wW" (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via Twitter.
  23. ^ Adaki, Oren; Weinberg, David Andrew. "Recent Qatari incitement and Troubling Extremist Ties". Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
  24. ^ Dettmer, Jamie (14 April 2017). "Qatar's a U.S. Ally Against ISIS, So Why's It Cheerleading the Bad Guys?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  25. ^ Adaki, Oren; Weinberg, David Andrew (May 5, 2015). "Preaching Hate and Sectarianism in the Gulf". Foreign Policy.
  26. ^ "Descendants of Saudi Wahhabism founder distance themselves from Qatar". Reuters. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  27. ^ "Qatar and the Arab Spring". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  28. ^ Nahouza, Namira (2018). Wahhabism and the Rise of the New Salafists: Theology, Power and Sunni Islam. I.B. Tauris. p. 1. ISBN 9781788311427.
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