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Friday, October 17, 2008

Vast New Mosque Opens in Chechnya

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Photo of the vast new mosque in Grozny courtesy of the BBC

BBC: A new mosque in the Russian region of Chechnya - described by the authorities as the biggest in Europe - has opened.

The Heart of Chechnya mosque has been built in the centre of the capital, Grozny - on a spot where civil war raged only a few years ago.

Hundreds of local people attended the opening of the mosque, which was built in memory of Chechnya's assassinated pro-Kremlin leader Akhmad Kadyrov.

His son Ramzan - the present ruler - led the inauguration ceremony.

Muslims played traditional instruments outside the mosque, built in the classical Ottoman style, and reminiscent of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. >>> | October 17, 2008

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