The mosque which accommodates 20 thousand worshippers at a time is being built in Shali city, Chechen Republic. The mosque is designed by Uzbek architects.
With the initiative of local residents the mosque is planned to be named after Ramzan Kadirov. The construction works started in 2012 and the opening ceremony is expected in 2018.
The mosque is located opposite “Shali-City” complex. The mosque has 4 minarets in all four corners of main building. Each minaret is 63 meters high. The dome of mosque is 43 meters high. Adjoining area of the mosque will be covered with 12 fountains. The mosque will be constructed and decorated in the unique style without any analogues in the world. The overall area of the mosque will be 6,5 hectares.
Press Service,
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan
On May 10, 2018 German delegation headed by Andreas Auer was received by Ibrohim Inomov, Deputy Chairman and other employees of Muslim Board of Uzbekistan. In his opening speech he shared with the positive developments in religious sphere in Uzbekistan and talked how the government jointly with Muslim Board of Uzbekistan had been tackling the issue of radicalization of young people by means of preventive means which include intensive enlightenment works, meetings at educational establishments, online lessons and others.
In its turn Andreas Auer, the head of German delegation highly evaluated the positive development in Uzbekistan in all spheres including in religious one. He noted that it was pleasant to mention that German side was also bringing its more or less share into these positive improvements in Uzbekistan. He also noted that the organization was going to implement a number of projects in religious sphere jointly with German state university.
The meeting ended in friendship tone and guests expressed gratitude for warm reception.
Press Service,
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan