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Saudi Arabia has built the world’s first underwater mosque. A of divers constructed the place of off the Saudi coast close to the with Jordan. It is made from plastic pipes filled with sand. One of the divers Hamadan bin Salim Al Masoudi told the “Al Madina” newspaper: “One of our colleagues up with this idea last summer and we decided to it out.” He added: “When we put the final on it, it was time for afternoon prayers, so we performed group prayers.” It is not yet whether the mosque will be open for prayers to the public. Worshippers would need to scuba diving equipment and there is currently no call to prayer.

The building of the mosque comes as a of companies in neighbouring United Arab Emirates has plans to build underwater hotels. The Dubai- shipbuilding company Drydocks World penned a to develop undersea hotels in Dubai with a Swiss . One project is the World Discus Hotel, a discus-shaped underwater . It will be one of five underwater establishments planned by the two companies. The plans are seen as another of Dubai’s cutting- prowess in the luxury hotel . Drydocks chairman Khamis Juma Buamim told reporters: “The discussions are to build these around the world, not just in the UAE.”