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It is frequented by [[Muslims]] of North-African, mainly Moroccan origin. It hosts many conferences and seminars and has an extensive teaching programme for school-aged children. |
It is frequented by [[Muslims]] of North-African, mainly Moroccan origin. It hosts many conferences and seminars and has an extensive teaching programme for school-aged children. |
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The Strasbourg Mosque is due to move to a large purpose-built building which is currently under construction in the Heyritz area, designed by [[Paolo Portoghesi]]<ref>[http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=11799 For Strasbourg, an Italian designer Mosque, Daily Star, Lebanon, 14 January 2005]</ref>, south of the Ile de Strasbourg and is due for completion in 2010. Construction was delayed several times, due to litigation with the main constructors. The new mosque will have a capacity of 1500 people<ref>[http://www.bivouac-id.com/2009/05/24/future-grande-mosquee-de-strasbourg/ Future Grande Mosquée de Strasbourg, article of 24 May 2009]</ref>. The first stone of the new mosque was laid on 29 October 2004 by the then Mayor of Strasbourg [[Fabienne Keller]]<ref>[http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3141 A giant mosque for Strasbourg, Brussels Journal, 1 April 2008]</ref>. Mrs Keller also revised the original building project, removing the planned study centre, auditorium and [[minaret]]<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07alsace.html Steven Erlanger: "A pro-church law helps a mosque, New York Times, 6 October 2008]</ref>. The minaret has since been reincorporated into the plans<ref>[http://www.leta.lv/foto_popup.php?pg=1328E960-20A6-B813-0FE4-3802B058BDBD&h=AFP&o=1]</ref>. |
The Strasbourg Mosque is due to move to a large purpose-built building which is currently under construction in the Heyritz area, designed by [[Paolo Portoghesi]]<ref>[http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=11799 For Strasbourg, an Italian designer Mosque, Daily Star, Lebanon, 14 January 2005]</ref>, south of the Ile de Strasbourg and is due for completion in 2010. Construction was delayed several times, due to litigation with the main constructors. The new mosque will have a capacity of 1500 people<ref>[http://www.bivouac-id.com/2009/05/24/future-grande-mosquee-de-strasbourg/ Future Grande Mosquée de Strasbourg, article of 24 May 2009]</ref>. The first stone of the new mosque was laid on 29 October 2004 by the then Mayor of Strasbourg [[Fabienne Keller]]<ref>[http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3141 A giant mosque for Strasbourg, Brussels Journal, 1 April 2008]</ref>. Mrs Keller also revised the original building project, removing the planned study centre, auditorium and [[minaret]]<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07alsace.html Steven Erlanger: "A pro-church law helps a mosque, New York Times, 6 October 2008]</ref>. The minaret has since been reincorporated into the plans<ref>[http://www.leta.lv/foto_popup.php?pg=1328E960-20A6-B813-0FE4-3802B058BDBD&h=AFP&o=1 Patrick Hertzog (photo), 18 May 2009]</ref>. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 14:30, 31 May 2009
The Strasbourg Mosque, known in French as "La Grande Mosquée de Strasbourg", which dates from 1982, currently occupies a converted foie gras factory in the Impasse de mai in the centre of Strasbourg, near the law-courts[1]. It is not the first mosque to be established in Strasbourg. There have been mosques in the city since 1967 and there are now over twenty.
It is frequented by Muslims of North-African, mainly Moroccan origin. It hosts many conferences and seminars and has an extensive teaching programme for school-aged children.
The Strasbourg Mosque is due to move to a large purpose-built building which is currently under construction in the Heyritz area, designed by Paolo Portoghesi[2], south of the Ile de Strasbourg and is due for completion in 2010. Construction was delayed several times, due to litigation with the main constructors. The new mosque will have a capacity of 1500 people[3]. The first stone of the new mosque was laid on 29 October 2004 by the then Mayor of Strasbourg Fabienne Keller[4]. Mrs Keller also revised the original building project, removing the planned study centre, auditorium and minaret[5]. The minaret has since been reincorporated into the plans[6].
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References
- ^ Histoires de mosquées, Schiltigheim : Editions Kalina, 2004, ISBN 291488804X
- ^ For Strasbourg, an Italian designer Mosque, Daily Star, Lebanon, 14 January 2005
- ^ Future Grande Mosquée de Strasbourg, article of 24 May 2009
- ^ A giant mosque for Strasbourg, Brussels Journal, 1 April 2008
- ^ Steven Erlanger: "A pro-church law helps a mosque, New York Times, 6 October 2008
- ^ Patrick Hertzog (photo), 18 May 2009
