TUZLA, Sept 16 (Hina) - The second biggest mosque in Bosnia was officially opened in the north-eastern town of Tuzla on Saturday. At the opening ceremony, Saudi Arabia's prince Selman Bin Abdul Aziz, the brother of the Saudi crowned
Prince Abdullah Bin Abdel-Aziz and the president of the Saudi high committee for assistance to Bosnia, handed over keys to the newly-built mosque named after his brother. The Saudi high committee financially backed the construction of the mosque, with two million German marks. Even 4,000 believers can perform simultaneously religious rites in this mosque covering 1,300 square metres. Prince Selman said his country had so far earmarked funds for building a mosque and cultural centre in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, reconstructing 1,148 flats, constructing another three mosques, school and a clinic in the district of Brcko and launching the set-up of the Islamic Academy in the
TUZLA, Sept 16 (Hina) - The second biggest mosque in Bosnia was
officially opened in the north-eastern town of Tuzla on Saturday.
At the opening ceremony, Saudi Arabia's prince Selman Bin Abdul
Aziz, the brother of the Saudi crowned Prince Abdullah Bin Abdel-
Aziz and the president of the Saudi high committee for assistance to
Bosnia, handed over keys to the newly-built mosque named after his
brother.
The Saudi high committee financially backed the construction of the
mosque, with two million German marks.
Even 4,000 believers can perform simultaneously religious rites in
this mosque covering 1,300 square metres.
Prince Selman said his country had so far earmarked funds for
building a mosque and cultural centre in the Bosnian capital of
Sarajevo, reconstructing 1,148 flats, constructing another three
mosques, school and a clinic in the district of Brcko and launching
the set-up of the Islamic Academy in the north-western town of
Bihac.
On Friday in Sarajevo, this Saudi prince opened the mosque 'King
Fahd', which is believed to be the biggest Islamic religious
building in the Balkans.
(hina) ms