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Croatian City Gets First Mosque
Zagreb | 21 September 2009 |
Islamic community says local mosque was razed deliberately not by accident
The building of the first mosque in the city of Rijeka should start on 2 October.
Daily Jutarnji list reports the Islamic centre will cost around eight million euros and will be used for educational, cultural and social events as well as religious observances.
The project has been designed by ADB Zagreb Company using the ideas of Dusan Dzamonja, a contemporary Croatian sculptor of Macedonian origin.
The 3,000 square metre centre will be financed by donations from people abroad and Muslims in Croatia.
The minaret will be 23 metres high, and the centre will have a cafe, a restaurant and 78 parking places.
The idea for a RIjeka mosque was first discussed in 1982.
There are more than 10,000 Muslims in Primorsko-goranska county, and most of them live in Rijeka and its surrounds.
2009-09-21 15:55:29