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Congratulations to #iowa Love having new neighbors making themselves at home! May the God of Abraham bless and keep us all! https://religionnews.com/2025/10/01/opening-of-iowa-mosque-becomes-a-celebration-of-refugees-resilience-and-interfaith-unity/ #Islam #NewMosque

Opening of Iowa mosque becomes a celebration of refugees' resilience and interfaith unity

(RNS) — ‘From the very beginning, we did not feel like strangers. We did not feel like outsiders,’ said a leader of the mosque, whose inauguration drew some 15,000 celebrants.

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Matthew Jul 24, 2023

Photo from a few years ago of Yeni Cami (New Mosque), Istanbul, Türkiye. Despite the name, it's 360 years old; building began in 1597, but it was abandoned and ruined, and damaged in a fire, before construction was completed in 1663. Travelling from Asia to Europe, crossing the Bosporus by ferry the mosque stands imposing on the seafront, making a powerful impression.

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