A minaret for Baitul Mukarram
Due to high-rise buildings and the tower heights of Dhaka stadium flood lights, the cubical shaped national mosque ,Baitul Mukarram, has totally lost its glory and grandeur. Basically, a mosque must have a minaret or at least a dome. Unfortunately, Baitul Mukarram is a mosque without any minaret or dome, although it is cubically shaped to imitate the Holy Kaba.
However, the grandeur of Kaba Sharif has been multiplied by its 8 majestic minarets. The minarets of the Sultan's Mosque in Turkey or Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad touches the hearts of the Muslims because of their towering and majestic minarets. Our national mosque seems to be lost in the haze of high structures over shadowing its existence. To preserve its glory as well as to make it a symbolic central place of Dhaka, the national mosque needs at least one very high and majestic minaret which can be seen from far away.
It will also be a tourist attraction and pride of Dhaka city dwellers.
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