Construction of France's largest mosque set to begin
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Paris - The construction of France's largest mosque, with room for some 7,000 visitors, was officially launched Friday when Marseille Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin handed over the construction permit. The mosque will cost 22 million euros (32.6 million dollars) to build and is to comprise a prayer hall measuring 2,500 square metres and a 25-metre high minaret. Plans for the project also call for the construction of a library, an amphitheatre and a restaurant. The foundation stone is to be laid in April, with the mosque scheduled to open in 2011. France has Europe's largest Islamic community, which is estimated at about 5 million people. In addition, about a quarter of Marseille's 830,000 inhabitants are Moslems.
Copyright DPA
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female Bishop
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Dr Anthony ,
Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:19:18 GMT
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its a Joke that we roman catholic wants to have the angelican in because they have female priest and homosexual priest .if we have married priest . it high time we roman catholic Join the sspx but the Holy father will never allow this rubbish things as married priest in the roman catholic church. then Orthodox churches will never join us . so we join them. If the Roman catholic Church allow this married angelical Pastors in then Divinci code of Brown is true.The we have a crusade in the roman catholic faith.
Benedictine oblate.
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