Male' City Council has decided to allot land from Male' to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs to construct a place to store religious books brought from outside the Maldives.

Mayor Adam Azim said at a Council meeting held on Thursday that the Ministry had requested the Council for a warehouse to store religious books brought to the Islamic Ministry from abroad.

"There is a vacant space beside Kanbaasarani mosque. The Kanbaasarani mosque is a protected heritage mosque. There is space there we are not utilising for any purposes as of now. So I propose allotting the space to Islamic Ministry," Mayor Azim said.

Azam's proposal was passed unanimously by the 10 members present at the meeting.