JUATHA MOSQUE

When the Juatha amusement park was being created, engineers came across the remains of a very old mosque. Its existence was suspected, as it is mentioned in ancient accounts. The news of the Prophet's installation in Medina reached the ears of the inhabitants of Al Ahsa. Some of them went there and the Prophet asked them to build a mosque on their return. Built in the year 5 of the Hegira (627), it would be the second mosque in the Islamic world, the first being that of Medina.