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Construction of France's largest mosque set to begin

Nov 6, 2009, 12:16 GMT

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.

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