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Largest Shia mosque opens in Copenhagen

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Denmark’s largest Shia Muslim mosque opened in Copenhagen on Thursday.

The Imam Ali Mosque is located on Vibevej in Copenhagen’s Nordvest district. The 2,100 square metre mosque is topped by a turquoise dome and two 32-metre minarets and has space for 1,500 people.

The Imam Ali mosque has been in the works since 2009, when plans for its construction were approved by the City of Copenhagen. The new facility has billed itself as “one mosque for all” and has promised services in a variety of languages.

In an invitaiton to its official opening, the Imam Ali Mosque stressed that everyone was welcome.

“Imam Ali Mosque wants to start a competion between similar faith societies to see who can be the most open to the local community. Therefore we look forward to seeing all residents, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Everyone is welcome, regardless of gender, race, ethnic origin, religion, faith, handicap, age or sexual orientation,” the Facebook event read.

Another mega-mosque backed by the Islamic Society of Denmark is planned for 2017. That mosque is being designed by Henning Larsen Architects and will not have minarets, as it is intended to “combine Nordic architectural traditions with Islamic ones”.

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