Europe’s largest mosque opens in Moscow

September 24, 2015

At the opening of Europe’s largest mosque, Russian President Vladimir Putin described Islamist extremism as a perversion of Islam.

“We see what's happening in the Middle East where terrorists of the so-called Islamic State discredit the great world religion, discredit Islam by sowing hate, killing people... destroying the world's cultural heritage in a barbaric way,” Putin said on September 23 at opening of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, which seats 10,000. “Their ideology is built on lies, on open perversion of Islam.”

 

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Further information:

• Putin opens Moscow's largest mosque, warns against extremists (Reuters)
• Europe’s largest mosque to open tomorrow in Moscow (AsiaNews.it)