new Islamic center, mosque in Croatia
The head Imam of the Rijeka Islamic Union Hayrudin Muykanovich said that an attack was conducted by unidentified persons on the Islamic center and mosque which was inaugurated 20 days ago.
Muykanovich stated: “The Islamic Union has been found in Rijeka for 50 years.”
The Islamic Center was opened on May 4.
The center which cost 10 million euros is the third mosque in Croatia to have a minaret.
The complex involves a mosque, an Islamic center, a conference room, a restaurant, sports facilities and car park.
The head Imam of the Rijeka Islamic Union Hayrudin Muykanovich said that an attack was conducted by unidentified persons on the Islamic center and mosque which was inaugurated 20 days ago.
Muykanovich stated: “The Islamic Union has been found in Rijeka for 50 years.”
The Islamic Center was opened on May 4.
The center which cost 10 million euros is the third mosque in Croatia to have a minaret.
Construction of the complex with total area of 5.3 thousand square meters lasted three and a half years.
The complex involves a mosque, an Islamic center, a conference room, a restaurant, sports facilities and car park.
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Crowds Attend Mosque Opening in Rijeka, Croatia
Thousands attended the weeend opening of a new Islamic centre and mosque in the city of Rijeka - the first mosque built on the shores of the Adriatic in more than five centuries.
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Between 20,000 and 30,000 Muslims and guests from all over the world, but mostly from Bosnia and Herzegovina, attended the celebrations marking the opening of the mosque in Rijeka.
The new Islamic centre and mosque, with a 23 metre-high minaret, was opened by the Croatian President, Ivo Josipovic, the Bosniak member of Bosnia's tripartite state presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic and Qatar's Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Bin Mubarek Al Kuwari, who represented the Emir, the biggest donor to the institution.
The Rijeka Islamic Centre covers more that 10,000 square metres and cost about 10 million euro. The complex consists of a mosque, a multipurpose hall, a teaching room, kindergarden, library and other offices. The cornerstone was laid on October 3, 2009.
The late Dusan Dzamonja, a Croatian sculptor of Serbian origin, authored the architectural concept of the centre.
Media have dubbed it "the mosque on the Adriatic", recalling that it is "the first mosque on the Adriatic since the Ottomans left the coast 500 years ago".
Opening the centre, President Josipovic said that the Islamic faith and tradition form "part of Croatian history and, together with other minority traditions, enrich Croatian cultural identity".
Croatia is a good place for Bosniaks to live in and the opening of the centre sends a positive signal to the world, Izetbegovic said.
Qatari minister Al Kuwari expressed the hope that the Islamic centre would help to "correct false pictures about Islam and Muslims.
"Islam should follow a middle, moderate way", Al Kuwari said, urging Muslims in Croatia to act as a "bridge between the Muslim and non-Muslim world".
The speaker of the Croatian parliament, Josip Leko, the religious leader of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Husein Kavazovic, Zagreb mufti Aziz Hasanovic and the president of the EU delegation in Croatia, Paul Vandoren also spoke, emphasising the importance of the Rijeka Islamic centre for multiculturalism, tolerance and mutual understanding in Croatia and the region.
More than 10,000 Muslims, mostly from Bosnia and Herzegovina, live in Rijeka and the surrounding area and the idea to build a mosque in Rijeka dates back more than five decades.
There are several Islamic communities in Croatia, and two more mosques, one in the small eastern Croatian town of Gunja, which was built during the 1960s, while another was built in 1987 in Zagreb to serve as a spiritual center for Croatian Muslims, who are the third biggest minority in Croatia, according to the 2011 census.
The new Islamic centre and mosque, with a 23 metre-high minaret, was opened by the Croatian President, Ivo Josipovic, the Bosniak member of Bosnia's tripartite state presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic and Qatar's Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Bin Mubarek Al Kuwari, who represented the Emir, the biggest donor to the institution.
The Rijeka Islamic Centre covers more that 10,000 square metres and cost about 10 million euro. The complex consists of a mosque, a multipurpose hall, a teaching room, kindergarden, library and other offices. The cornerstone was laid on October 3, 2009.
The late Dusan Dzamonja, a Croatian sculptor of Serbian origin, authored the architectural concept of the centre.
Media have dubbed it "the mosque on the Adriatic", recalling that it is "the first mosque on the Adriatic since the Ottomans left the coast 500 years ago".
Opening the centre, President Josipovic said that the Islamic faith and tradition form "part of Croatian history and, together with other minority traditions, enrich Croatian cultural identity".
Croatia is a good place for Bosniaks to live in and the opening of the centre sends a positive signal to the world, Izetbegovic said.
Qatari minister Al Kuwari expressed the hope that the Islamic centre would help to "correct false pictures about Islam and Muslims.
"Islam should follow a middle, moderate way", Al Kuwari said, urging Muslims in Croatia to act as a "bridge between the Muslim and non-Muslim world".
The speaker of the Croatian parliament, Josip Leko, the religious leader of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Husein Kavazovic, Zagreb mufti Aziz Hasanovic and the president of the EU delegation in Croatia, Paul Vandoren also spoke, emphasising the importance of the Rijeka Islamic centre for multiculturalism, tolerance and mutual understanding in Croatia and the region.
More than 10,000 Muslims, mostly from Bosnia and Herzegovina, live in Rijeka and the surrounding area and the idea to build a mosque in Rijeka dates back more than five decades.
There are several Islamic communities in Croatia, and two more mosques, one in the small eastern Croatian town of Gunja, which was built during the 1960s, while another was built in 1987 in Zagreb to serve as a spiritual center for Croatian Muslims, who are the third biggest minority in Croatia, according to the 2011 census.
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