Mosque with 25-metre minarets to be constructed in Marseille

Paris (ANTARA News) - One of the largest mosques in France will soon
find a home in the southern coastal city of Marseille with room for
2,000 worshippers.

The city's mayor symbolically handed over the key for the building on
Thursday and it is to be renovated over the next several months, DPA
reported.

The 8-million-euro (11.9-million-dollar) project will be financed largely through donations.

The project had originally been delayed when a right-wing group
protested that the Muslim congregation was to have paid only symbolic
rent to the city.

The new mosque will have two 25-metre minarets and a dome.

About 200,000 Muslims live in Marseille, making up about a quarter of its population. (*) END