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The Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque (russian: Мечеть Ахмата Кадырова, Mechet Akhmata Kadyrova; ce, Кадыров Ахьмадан цӀарах дина маьждиг) is located in
Grozny Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a pop ...
, the capital of
Chechnya Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
. The mosque is one of the largest in
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and is officially known as "The Heart of Chechnya" (russian: Сердце Чечни, Serdtse Chechni, links=no; ce, Нохчийчоьнан дог, links=no). The mosque is named after
Akhmad Kadyrov Akhmad-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov ce, Къадири Ӏабдулхьамидан кӀант Ахьмад-Хьажи, Q̇adiri Jabdulẋamidan khant Aẋmad-Ẋaƶi (23 August 1951 – 9 May 2004) was a Russian politician and revolutionar ...
, the first president of the Republic of Chechnya and father to the current president of the Republic,
Ramzan Kadyrov Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov ce, КъадаргӀеран Ахьмат-кӏант Рамзан, translit= (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the Head of the Chechen Republic. He was formerly affiliated to the ...
. The construction of the mosque was commissioned by the mayor of the Turkish city of
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. The mosque's design includes a set of -tall
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s which are based upon those of the early seventeenth century
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(known also as the Blue Mosque) in
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. On October 16, 2008, the mosque was officially opened in a ceremony in which Chechen leader
Ramzan Kadyrov Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov ce, КъадаргӀеран Ахьмат-кӏант Рамзан, translit= (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the Head of the Chechen Republic. He was formerly affiliated to the ...
appeared and conversed with Russian Prime Minister
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. The mosque is located on the picturesque banks of the
Sunzha River The Sunzha ( rus, Су́нжа, p=ˈsunʐə, inh, Шолжа, Sholʒə, ce, Соьлжа, Sölƶa, p=sɥølʒə) is a river in North Ossetia, Ingushetia and Chechnya, Russia, a tributary of the Terek. It flows northeast inside the great nort ...
in the middle of a huge park (14 hectares) and is part of an Islamic architectural complex, which in addition to the mosque, consists of the
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, the Kunta-Haji, and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Chechnya. The mosque design is executed in the classic Ottoman style, as exemplified in the architecture of
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. The central hall of the mosque is covered with a huge dome (diameter - 16 meters, height - 32 m). The height of the four minarets is 62 meters, making them among the tallest in
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. The exterior and interior walls of the mosque are built of
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and
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, while the interior is decorated in white marble. The area of the mosque is 5000 square metres and which allows a capacity of more than 10000 people. The same number of the faithful can pray in the mosque adjacent to the summer gallery.


Features

In the construction of the mosque, the latest techniques and the most modern technologies were employed to create a building that is nonetheless thoroughly in keeping with the aesthetic of traditional Islamic architecture of the Ottoman golden age. The exterior and interior walls are of marble-travertine, and the temple interior is richly decorated with white marble, mined in the Marmara Adasi island in the
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(near Balikesir,
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). In the traditional painted ornamentation of the interior, both the synthetic and the natural pigments used were made resistant to fading and peeling with special additives designed to preserve the brilliance and durability of the colours for at least 50 years. Gold of the highest quality was used to render the ornamental calligraphy displaying verses from the
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. There are in total 36 chandeliers. Their forms are inspired by - and intended to recall - the three holiest sites of Islam - 27 of them based upon the form of the Dome of the Rock in
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's
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compound, 8 modelled upon the
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of
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's Masjid al-Nabawi and the largest, measuring no fewer than 8 meters in diameter, designed as a homage to the
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in
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itself. Several tons of bronze and 2.5 kg of the highest quality gold were needed in order to create the chandeliers, which contain more than a million pieces crafted from Swarovski crystals in
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and featuring traditional Chechen decorative motifs. The
prayer niche Mihrab ( ar, محراب, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "qibla w ...
in the
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wall of the mosque is 8 meters high and 4.6 meters wide and made of white marble. The niche creates the illusion of an infinite deepening of intersecting spaces. Calligraphy displaying verses from the Quran are skillfully woven into the overall pattern of the architectural decoration of the mosque. The main dome is inscribed with Surah 112 "al-Ikhlâs": "''Say: He is God, the Single, Indivisible - God, the Eternal, Absolute. He begets not nor is He begotten - And there happens to be not a single one equal to Him.''" The area of the mosque is 5000 m², height of minarets - 63 meters. The total area of the Islamic Center - 14 acres. The temple has a high seismic resistance. The adjacent area has multiple fountains and an alley.


Russia 10

In 2013, Russia hosted the "Russia 10" competition, designed by a popular vote to decide what are the ten greatest visual symbols of
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. After the mosque took second place at the end of the second round of the competition, the head of
Chechnya Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
,
Ramzan Kadyrov Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov ce, КъадаргӀеран Ахьмат-кӏант Рамзан, translit= (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the Head of the Chechen Republic. He was formerly affiliated to the ...
announced that he would withdraw the mosque from participation in the competition. The head of Chechnya was forced to take such a step by the results of the voting, which, in his opinion, did not correspond to the actual number of votes cast. “We have every reason to be sure that the votes cast for the Heart of Chechnya mosque by the millions were not taken into account, despite the fact that the money went to the accounts of the operators MegaFon and Beeline,”
Ramzan Kadyrov Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov ce, КъадаргӀеран Ахьмат-кӏант Рамзан, translit= (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the Head of the Chechen Republic. He was formerly affiliated to the ...
said. Throughout the entire voting, the Heart of Chechnya Mosque was in the lead among the participants, but on the last day it lost first place to the
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. More than 36.8 million votes were cast for the
Heart of Chechnya The Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque (russian: Мечеть Ахмата Кадырова, Mechet Akhmata Kadyrova; ce, Кадыров Ахьмадан цӀарах дина маьждиг) is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. The mosque is one ...
and near to 37.5 million for the
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. The head of the republic
Ramzan Kadyrov Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov ce, КъадаргӀеран Ахьмат-кӏант Рамзан, translit= (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the Head of the Chechen Republic. He was formerly affiliated to the ...
, offended by the results of voting on the Internet, announced a boycott of the federal mobile operators "Beeline" and "Megaphone". After that, unknown individuals threw eggs at the offices of these companies in
Grozny Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a pop ...
.


Trivia

In this mosque, ten thousand Muslims can pray at a time. This means that the statement of mosque being the largest in Russia is not true, as e.g.
Makhachkala Grand Mosque The Grand Mosque in Makhachkala (''Yusuf Bei Cami'') is the main mosque of the Republic of Dagestan. It is supposed to have been patterned after the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. The building can accommodate up to 17,000 worshipers. Its constru ...
in
Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
has space for 15,000 to 17,000 worshipers. In 2015, Gabon issued a commemorative coin with the image of CHF 1,000 mosques and Akhmat Kadyrov.


See also

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Islam in Russia Although Islam is a minority religion in Russia, Russia has Islam in Europe, the largest Muslim population in Europe. According to United States Department of State, US Department of State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or ro ...
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List of mosques in Europe This is a partial list of mosques in Europe. ;Group See also * Lists of mosques * Islam in Europe References External links * * map
of mosques in Europe {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Mosques In Europe Mosques in Europe, * Lists of mosques, ...


References

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