Grand opening of Mosque in Minsk

11 ноября 2016

After talks Alexander Lukashenko and Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the construction site of one of the largest mosques in Eastern Europe.

Abu Bekir Shabanovich, Mufti of the Muslim Religious Association in Belarus:

"Any person has the right to attend the prayers, but without disturbing others and fulfilling the established common rules of conduct in the temple."

Islam is the youngest religion in the world shared by 1.5 billion people in 120 countries. In Belarus there are 25 Muslim religious communities and two associations.

The first Muslims appeared in Minsk in the late 14th century. They were captured Crimean Tatars. Belarus extends peaceful "politics" to all peoples and nations, united by the belief in God and the desire to live in peace and harmony with their neighbors.