إسكتلندا: إنشاء مسجد بجامعة دندي

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

تم الانتهاء من أعمال تأسيس مسجد "آل مكتوم" بـ"كلية آل مكتوم للتعليم العالي" بـ"جامعة دندي" الواقعة شرق "إسكتلندا"، بتكلفة بلغت 1,3 مليون جنيه إسترليني.

وقامت "مؤسسة آل مكتوم" بتمويل المسجد، فيما اعتبر خطوة لدعم التعددية والتعايش المشترك بين الأديان وأصحابها؛ حيث لقيت ترحيب المسلمين.

ويشكل المسلمون في "إسكتلندا" نحو 500 ألف نسمة، ولديهم ما يزيد على 30 مسجدًا، ويعتبر المجتمع الإسلامي ثاني أكبر المجتمعات الدينية في البلاد.؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Scotland Mosque Promotes Understanding

Encouraging interfaith dialogue, a new mosque has been opened in Dundee University in eastern Scotland to accommodate Muslim prayers and promote better understanding of Islamic culture in the wider community.

"I am delighted that the mosque has been completed,” Mirza Al-Sayegh, a member of Al-Maktoum Foundation’s board of trustees and chairman of the college board, told The BBC on September 2.

“I'm sure it will prove to be a welcome addition not only to the college campus but also Dundee as well at a time of exciting change in the city.”

The new £1.35m Al-Maktoum Mosque has recently opened on the campus of Dundee's Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education.

The mosque, the first in the city with a minaret, included prayer rooms which would be open to all faiths.

It was financed by the Al-Maktoum Foundation, which was established in Scotland in 2005.

"The mosque is open to all and for the benefit of all,” Al-Sayegh said.

“We regard this development as a heartfelt contribution to the city, the community at large and to multiculturalism.”

Scotland is home to more than 500,000 Muslims, making up less than one percent of the population.

Muslims are the second largest religious group in the country, which has thirty mosques.