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Cologne --
Another great pit gapes at the corner of Internal Kanalstraße / Venloerstraße. But in at least two years will stand here, the Cologne Central Mosque, with a 35 meter high dome and two minarets, rising to 55 meters high in the sky.
Saturday lunch Muslims and Christians laid the foundations for the mosque. Wish and copies of the plans they concreted into the erstenStein.
At the mass rally in the marquee reaped Ex-OB Fritz Schramma the biggest applause, who has campaigned for years for the project and will remain on the advisory board. Say "In five years, the Kölsch: Nä, wat me han för en beautiful mosque," said Schramma and praised the architecture of the temple: "Dasist a symbol of an opening flower, invites us to peek."
The DITIB, the Cologne Mosque Association, stresses that the mosque is a house that is open to all. Even if it is a place of Islamic doctrine. Yesterday courted young believers of Islam with German books. In addition, carnival of ruled, Muslim women sold Turkish specialties.
Abraham teacher, the board of the Cologne synagogue had to apologize in person because of the Sabbath, in his opening speeches, but explicitly endorsed the construction of the mosque.
Not for nothing was "guaranteed freedom of religion in the constitution." Several speakers stressed that the mosque stood for mutual respect and reconciliation. As a guest of honor, the President of the Office of Religious Affairs of Turkey, Prof. Dr. Ali Bardakoglu had traveled.
The Consul General from nahmSchramma the promise that even Christian pilgrims in Turkey will receive an archive in memory of St. Paul.
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