The Cologne Central Mosque (German:
DITIB-Zentralmoschee Köln, Turkish: Merkez-Camii) is a building
currently under construction and commissioned by German Muslims of the
Organization DITIB for a large, representativeZentralmoschee (central
mosque) in Cologne, Germany. After some controversy, the project won the
approval of Cologne's city council.
The mosque is designed in Ottoman architectural style, with glass walls, two minarets and a dome. The mosque is proposed to have a bazaar as well as other secular areas intended for interfaith interactions. As the mosque will be one of Europe's biggest, it has been criticized for its size, particularly the height of the minarets.
The mosque is designed in Ottoman architectural style, with glass walls, two minarets and a dome. The mosque is proposed to have a bazaar as well as other secular areas intended for interfaith interactions. As the mosque will be one of Europe's biggest, it has been criticized for its size, particularly the height of the minarets.
The 48,000-square-foot (4,500 m2) mosque will cost £15–20 million to
build, aiming to house 2,000 to 4,000 worshippers. The proposed mosque
will be funded by Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği (DITIB), a branch of
the Turkish government's religious affairs authority, bank loans, and
donations from 884 Muslim associations. Cologne's St. Theodore Catholic
Church has also decided to fundraise for the mosque. The architect of
the mosque is Paul Böhm, who specializes in building churches. via
The construction of the mosque faced a lot of criticism in the city of
Cologne, one of the German cities were even start construction in 2009
and is now on the verge of completion of the final touches him.
The building of the largest mosque for Muslims in Germany and in this
central area in particular has been criticism where some people
complain of high minarets and others are skeptical that it could become a
nuclear reactor, and from there they want to become a monastery, but in
the end became the central mosque in the city and decided to built the
way Ottoman architectural style.
The designer of this mosque said that he is happy that he has had the
opportunity to participate in the construction of this edifice unique to
a unique group of people, "Muslims."
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