Blog Details

Mosque To Be Erected At Norway's North Pole

A Saudi businessman has donated $2.78 million for the construction of the first mosque at the North Pole.

It was reported that the Muslim community in northern Norway asked that the municipality in the region allocate to it 1,000 square meters for a mosque that will be the largest in the north of the country.

Source: Shams, Saudi Arabia, December 6, 2008

Share:
  • Print version
About The MEMRI Blog

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) Blog features brief news items from Arabic-, Farsi-, Urdu-, Pashtu- and Turkish-language news media sources.

Read on