Constructed from mud bricks and wood in the distinctive Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, the Sankore, Sidi Yahia and Djingarei-ber mosques have been maintained and remain major attractions in the city today.
Even his po-tential trump card, winning Kelantan back from Pas (which he failed to do in Novem-ber), is irrelevant since the next general election does not have to take place until after the next UMNO party polls in 2003.