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December 8, 2008
No. 11972

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

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