Friday, June 7, 2013

Azerbaijan’s oldest mosque, the Shamahi Friday Mosque, is now open for worship

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Azerbaijan’s oldest mosque open for worship

Azerbaijan’s oldest mosque, the Shamahi Friday Mosque, is now open for worship after its restoration and expansion have been completed.

World Bulletin/News Desk

Azerbaijan’s oldest mosque, the Shamahi Friday Mosque, is now open for worship after its restoration and expansion have been completed.
The opening of the mosque, which has an important place in the history and cultural heritage of Azerbaijan and has been closed for a long time due to restoration work, was conducted by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
Head of the Caucasus Muslims Administration Allahshukur Pashazade, Mufti of the Russian Federation Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia Ismail Berdiyev, Mufti of Chechnya Soltan Mirzayev and many religious officials attended the ceremony, and gifted a Qur’an to Aliyev as he examined the mosque and received information about the work done.

The Shamali Friday Mosque
Historical sources indicate that the Shamali Friday Mosque as built in 743, and the Hazar state rulers of accepted the religion of Islam there.
The monument, which was destroyed due to earthquakes and other reasons and had to be repaired at various times, was burned in 1918 by Armenian gangs.
The mosque was closed to worship during Soviet rule and reopened in the 80’s.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, extensive restoration and expansion work was begun in 2009 on the mosque, which was formerly repaired by late President Heydar Aliyev.

new Islamic center, mosque in Croatia

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.

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.

Boris Pavelic

Zagreb

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.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/page/all-balkans-home

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Mosque Grozny City Chechnya - Мечеть Грозный

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Islam in Montenegro Mosque Husein Pasha

Almost 20% of the Montenegrin population profess Islam as their faith, many being ethnic Muslims of the Sandzak area (which was partitioned between Montenegro and Serbia in 1913). Most of the ethnic Slav Muslims live in the Sandzak area, while ethnic Albanian Muslims live in the area bordering Albania and, Kosovo and Metohija. Muslims in Montenegro, and indeed Muslims in Serbia, are predominantly Sunni, although a Dervish sect, introduced in 1974, is popular. Montenegro is committed to the promotion of inter-ethnic relations. To enssure that the rights of all persons, without regard to their ethnic or national origin, are protected, a special provision was added to the Montenegrin Constitution especially ensuring the protection of all persons without regard to their national or ethnic origin. Muslims and Albanians are completely integrated into the political, economic and cultural life of the republic. Indeed, in the previous setting of the parliament, seven members were of Muslim faith. Likewise, the Executive Branch had Muslims in high positions. The Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Civil Service were both of the Muslim faith. There is a Council for the Safeguarding of the Rights of National Minorities, chaired by the President of Montenegro, established for the protection of national minorities and for the promotion of inter-ethnic relations.

http://www.montenet.org/religion/islam.htm

Monday, October 29, 2012

No Looking Mosques in Moscow Russian Federation

يشكو مسلمو العاصمة الروسية، موسكو، البالغ تعدادهم حوالي مليونين، قلة المساجد وعدم قدرتها على إستيعاب المصلين، وخصوصا في صلاة الجمعة.

حيث أكد "دمير جيزاتولون" مساعد رئيس مجلس "مفتي روسيا" أن المساجد لم تعد تتسع للمسلمين، في موسكو، التي لا يوجد فيها غير 4 مساجد صغيرة الحجم، مشددا على ضرورة حل هذه المعضلة، التي تستفحل في أيام الشتاء القارس وأضاف:" المسلمون باتوا يصلون خارج باحات المساجد، أيام العيد والجمعة والمناسبات الدينية الأخرى".
ويتطرق "جيزاتولون" الى موقف رئيس بلدية موسكو" سيرجي سوبيانين" حيال هذا الموضوع قائلا:" سوبيانين ينظر الى الأمر بتحفظ شديد، بدعوى أن القسم الاكبر من المسلمين، في موسكو هم مهاجرون وايدي عاملة، تقيم في العاصمة بصورة مؤقتة، قد يكون هذا صحيحا الى حد ما ولكنه واقع لا يلغي الحاجة الماسة الى إنشاء مساجد إضافية ".
فيما قال المواطن الاوزبكي "نسر إلياموف"، إن أقرب مسجد عن منزله يبعد حوالي ساعة ونصف الساعة، داعيا الى ضرورة انشاء مساجد صغيرة في مختلف أحياء المدينة.
وفي سياق متصل، قال المواطن الطاجيكي"عبدالرحمن عزيزوف":" نصلي غالبا امام مدخل المسجد بسبب الزحام، وفي أيام الشتاء، نواصل صلاتنا، رغم هطول المطر تارة والثلج تارة أخرى، على رؤوسنا" داعيا رئيس بلدية موسكو تنسيق الجهود مع مفتي موسكو لحل المشكلة.
وكان رئيس رئيس مجلس "مفتي روسيا" "رافيل غني الدين" أعلن، في وقت سابق، أنه طلب من رئيس بلدية موسكو تخصيص 10 قطع أراضي، في أنحاء مختلفة من العاصمة الروسية، لإنشاء مساجد جديدة عليها، مؤكدا أن توسيع أحد المساجد الأربعة في موسكو لن يحل مشكلة النقص في عددها".
وجدير بالذكر أن تعداد المسلمين في روسيا يبلغ حوالي 20 مليونا، منهم مليونان يعيشون في العاصمة الروسية موسكو.

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