Talk:Aeroplane Mosque

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The result was: promoted by HurricaneZeta alt (talk) 18:18, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that there is an "Aeroplane Mosque" in Dhaka?

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• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ja'Deion High
  • Alternate QPQ reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gao Cai

Created by FaysaLBinDaruL (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 04:49, 22 March 2026 (UTC).

• The article was moved to mainspace within a day of the nomination, and it is long enough and adequately sourced. I did not detect any close paraphrasing. All the sources, including for the hook, are in Bengali, although Google Translate confirms the information. The issue here is that the QPQ is not valid: Ja'Deion High already received an earlier full review by Piotrus, and per WP:DYKRR, only the first "full" review can be used as a QPQ. Please provide a replacement QPQ as soon as possible, or else the nomination may be closed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:48, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

• @Narutolovehinata5: Hello there, please check the alternated QPQ. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 17:45, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
• Thank you. The hook is interesting and the QPQ issue has been resolved, so this is good to go. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:03, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

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Comment of Jamilur Reza Choudhury

I have not found the information provided by Jamilur Reza Sir in any media outlet. His statement is very significant for the history of the construction of this mosque. I am leaving it here. He had commented below a photo of the mosque on Facebook:

“ I used to say my Friday prayers in Aeroplane mosque after it was completed in 1962. Initially, it was one storied. The Mutawwali Mr. Ismail who built the mosque came to my father (a Civil Engineer) for advice on design. His desire was to have an aeroplane on the roof, so that the muazzin could stand inside it and say aazan five times a day. I was a third year student at Engg. College and my father asked me to design the reinforcement. It became the first "structure" I had designed and supervised. ” — (Source)

If anyone ever comes across Sir's statements as a reliable source for Wikipedia, please do not forget to add them to the article. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 01:51, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Strange sentence in the lede

'It is often considered as a landmark mosque in Dhaka metropolis, despite it being a religious place, many people come to visit.'

First, it is grammatically unclear what 'despite it being a religious place' is opposed to: the one saying that 'many people come to visit' or the one saying that it is 'a landmark mosque in Dhaka metropolis'. There really should be an 'and' or a fullstop either after 'metropolis' or after 'place' to clarify the structure here. Second, the logic behind the contradiction implied by 'despite' isn't clear in either case. Why should the fact of its being 'a religious place' be an impediment either to many people visiting or to the mosque being considered a 'landmark mosque'? Anonymous44 (talk) 06:34, 24 April 2026 (UTC)