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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Moscow's Biggest Mosque Reopened Wednesday Sep 23,2015

 
The Jum'ah mosque was demolished four years ago and has been rebuilt to accommodate 10,000 worshippers.

The mosque - also known as Moscow Cathedral Mosque and the Moscow Jum’ah Mosque - was demolished four years ago and has been rebuilt to house 10,000 worshippers.


The reopening on Sept. 23,2015 will see a new complex 20 times larger than its predecessor at 19,000 square meters.
A picture taken on September 15, 2015 shows people walking in front of Moscow' Sobornaya mosque, which will be officially opened on September 23. AFP PHOTO / YURI KADOBNOV

The new building stands on the site of Moscow's original mosque, which dated back to 1904. Construction was entirely funded by donors

It is one of three large mosques in Russia, along with those in the republics of Chechnya and Dagestan

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