Nursultan Mosque

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Nursultan Mosque (Kazakh: Нұрсұлтан мешіті, romanized: Nūrsūltan meşıtı) is a mosque in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is the largest mosque in Central Asia, the second largest mosque outside the Middle East, and one of the largest in the world. On March 18, 2019, the initiator of the project, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, laid the foundation stone at the site of the new mosque. The construction was funded by private investors, and no state budget funds were used. On August 12, 2022, the Grand Republican Mosque was officially inaugurated with the participation of Nazarbayev. On July 4, 2026, the mosque was officially named “Nursultan Mosque”. The main dome of the mosque is the largest of its kind in the world. The height of the dome is 83.2 metres (273 ft) with a diameter of 62 m (203 ft). The surrounding four minarets are 130 metres (430 ft) and are made of five parts to symbolize the five pillars of Islam – faith, prayer, fasting, zakat and pilgrimage. One of the towers in the...

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