Encompassing 6,500 square metres (70,000 sq ft), with the capacity to accommodate over 7,000 worshippers at a time, it was one of the largest mosques in the world.

It is located next to the Al Fateh Highway in Juffair, which is a suburban neighborhood of Manama.

The library of Ahmed Al-Fateh Islamic Center has approximately 7,000 books, some as old as 100 years or more.

These include copies of the books of the teachings of Muhammad or what is referred to as the books of Hadith, the Global Arabic Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence, Al-Azhar journals which have been printed more than a hundred years ago, as well as numerous periodicals and magazines.

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