Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), BERLIN: A new mosque that is one of the largest in Germany was officially opened on Friday in Berlin’s Kreuzberg quarter, which has a strong Turkish presence.
The mosque, which can hold around 1,000 people, is part of a complex that media reports said cost around 10 million euros to build and was entirely financed by private Lebanese and Palestinian donors.
The mosque is topped by a glass dome and four small minarets, and is part of a six-storey, 5,000-square-metre building that includes commercial and social centres and a library.
Germany’s largest mosque can accommodate 2,500 people and is in the city of Mannheim in the west of the country.
The construction of mosques in Germany has prompted debate — as it has in other European countries — notably among the extreme right.
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