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The
Accra
Central
Mosque
known
also
as
Abossey
Okai
Mosque
is
walled
and
covers
around
an
acre
of
land
including
its
compound.
It's
main
frontage
faces
the
Korle-Bu
to
Obetsebi
Lamprey
round-about.
A
side
faces
the
Abossey
Okai
Tragic
Light
to
Agbogbloshie
Road.The
whole
wall
around
the
Mosque
is
whitish
with
the
adjoining
pillars
greenish.
The
Agbogbloshie
roadside
has
a
big
gate
and
an
attached
smaller
one
all
painted
green.
The
side
facing
the
Korle-Bu
to
Obetsebi
roundabout
has
a
smaller
gate
at
a
wide
distance
from
a
bigger
gate
both
painted
green.
The
building
of
the
Mosque
is
whitish
with
a
concreted
roofing
and
a
Dome
both
greenish.
Female
beggars
do
take
their
rest
inside
the
walls
of
the
Mosque.
A
food
seller,
an
occasional
selling
of
second
hand
cars,
second
hand
bicycles
and
peoples
also
dealing
in
scrap
materials.
At
the
side
of
the
wall
that
runs
alongside
the
direction
of
the
Agbogbloshie
road
have
men
and
women
beggars,
mobile
money
vendors
and
the
selling
of
Islamic
books
and
incense.
The
Mosque
has
two
Calling
to
Prayers
Towers
and
also
two
square
like
tops
watching
from
outside.
On
the
top
of
the
Dome
and
also
placed
on
an
upright
very
small
pillar
is
the
symbol
of
a
Half
Moon
symbolizing
Divine
instructions
and
directions
God
or
Allah
gave
to
the
prophet
Mohammed,
the
Holy
One.
Inside
the
Mosque
is
a
huge
and
large
space
for
prayer
sessions.
There
is
an
office
of
the
Imam
and
also
a
Reception.
The
Imam's
office
has
Religious
books
and
books
of
the
prophets.
The
prophet
Issah
or
Isah
is
Jesus
as
known
in
the
Holy
Bible.
Going
into
the
Mosque,
one
has
to
remove
the
footwear
outside
and
has
to
step
into
the
Mosque
first
using
the
right
foot.
A
call
to
prayers
is
done
five
times
in
a
day.
Mornings
into
afternoons
three
times
two
into
evenings
thus
4:30am,
1pm,
3:15pm,
6:15pm
and
7pm
or
7:05pm.
Prayer
time
is
named
in
sequence
starting
from
dawn
Feri,
Zuri,
Asthea,
Magi
and
Ishaa.
The
moslem
prayers
as
a
daily
routine
is
called
Janeba.
During
prayers
Dua
is
the
leading
prayer
said
by
Imam
or
a
Leader
during
session.
During
prayer
time
and
before
the
Imam
arrives
a
Nafla,
that
is
two
additional
prayers
are
said.
At
a
Moslem
prayer
session
within
the
Mosque,
a
Saafu
is
said
by
the
Leader
before
the
Imam
begins
a
prayer
session
or
Sermons
as
per
Christians.
In
Islam,
weddings
or
wedding
is
not
done
in
a
Mosque.
Child
naming
ceremony
or
dead
bodies
during
a
funeral
is
allowed
into
the
Mosque
before
taken
for
burial.
A
prayer
for
a
dead
body
before
burial
is
called
Janaza.
