The municipality of Genoa has asked Alireza Naser Eslami, professor of Islamic and Byzantine architecture at the University of Genoa, to contribute to the project of the city’s mosque. According to the professor, the mosque will respect the urban context, and, for this reason, it might not have a minaret. Although in Arab architecture there…
Recently, the Turkish community of one Munich district had to bury their plans for a new mosque. The conservative party CSU had blocked the construction for reasons of “wrong place, wrong architecture” and the lack of involvement of local neighbors. Furthermore, the initiative was proposed by an organization which has close ties to the Turkish…
The Muslim Community of Alnor Senter in Tromsø has been promised 20 million Norwegian kroner by an anonymous Saudi Arabian donor to build an “arctic Mosque.” The total cost is estimated to 50-100 million kroner. If the mosque plans are realized, it would be the most northern mosque in existence on the planet. Sandra Maryam…
At least five of six mosques that are currently being designed and plannned in Sweden will be built with a separate balcony for female attendants. The designs are being protested by some members of the Muslim community who rather would see men and women share mosque space.
This article claims that Muslims in the Northern French city of Lille feel that the recent Swiss ban on minarets sends a very bad message for the acceptance of Muslims in Europe. One man interviewed pointed to the positive incorporation of the Mosque of Paris’ minaret within local architecture.
