First mosque to be built in Athens
09/03/2013 00:00
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The Greek Prime Minister ordered the acceleration of the construction of
the first mosque in Athens, the only European capital that doesn’t have
a cult object for the 300.000 Muslims who live there, realizing this
way a request that the Muslim community had made since 1940.
The tender will be announced within a few days. The cost will be 846.000 EUR and will have a capacity of 350 people. The project was created by Alexandros Tobazi, creator of some of the best mosques in the world.
The mosque will have no minaret, in order to adopt to the surrounding environment and it will be built in Botaniko, a neighbourhood where houses are not allowed to be built and there is no risk to create ghettos. The property belongs to the Greek state which will create a commission of seven years, two of which are proposed by the Muslim community.
The construction will give an end to the critics against Greece for leaving the Muslims pray in more than 100 basements and garages in Greece. The decision was taken since last September, when Turkey offered to pay the construction.
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