Mohamed el-Hajj is a man of vision, the most grandiose of which came to fruition some thirty years ago, when he built seven mosques in his hometown on a shoestring budget. Six of the mosques were built at the top of Bani’s main hill. They are directed not toward Mecca, but instead face a larger mosque in the center. Erected in the early nineteen-eighties, the crumbling adobe mosques have prematurely weathered for lack of maintenance, making them look much older than they actually are. In a country with little or no heritage sites, the controversial mosques put the small town of Bani on the map.

The Mosque of the Rising Sun measures 11,5 meters in length, 10,5 meters in width, and 5 meters in height. The mosque is composed of twelve pillars and an 11-meter-tall minaret. It is partially detached from the others, covered during the rainy season by a low undulation of the eastern platform on the eastern platform.

Completely lost, the position of the minaret can only be inferred from the exterior design. The walls have also been destroyed. All that’s left of the ceiling are the three beams on the one remaining vault. Interior has only three columns and a number of relics, whose distribution is clear. Sadly, the façade is no longer readable but the plan is.