To this end, committees, composed of local authorities' representatives, Islamic Affairs ministry officials, engineers and experts, will be set up in different Moroccan provinces with the aim of carrying out urgent appraisals of old mosques, the ministry said in a statement.

    On Friday, the four-century old minaret of Bab Berdieyinne mosque collapsed during the weekly Friday prayer, killing 41 and injuring 75 others, official sources said.