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East Berliners Oppose Mosque

Euro-Islam18 years ago01 mins

Germans in a small East Berlin neighborhood are protesting plans to build a mosque there. They’d prefer their small garden plots to a minaret on the skyline. Mosques are by no means a new development in Germany. As far back as the 16th century, Prussian king Frederick William I had the first mosque built in…

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Seville’s Islamic Echo

Euro-Islam20 years ago01 mins

By Marlise Simons SEVILLE, Spain La Giralda, this city’s grand tower standing 90 meters tall, with its warm terra cotta colors and delicate brick patterns, was once called Spain’s most perfect minaret. Its twin stands in Marrakesh, Morocco, a reminder of the centuries-old ties between the countries. .Seville’s minaret has been the bell tower of…

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