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Security team hired to guard Great Ajloun Mosque
By JT - Jul 22,2014 - Last updated at Jul 22,2014
AMMAN — Awqaf Minister Hayel Dawood on Tuesday checked on the progress of the Great Ajloun Mosque restoration project, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
Dawood said a team of security guards and sanitation workers have been hired through a private company to work at the site, in addition to the appointment of a qualified imam.
The Umayyad mosque was built in 1246 by the last Ayyubid Sultan Najmuddin Ayyub.
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