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Tuesday, 1 January 2019

Turkey's gift of a mosque sparks fears of ‘neo-Ottomanism’ in Kosovo

Pristina badly needs a new mosque – but Turkish attempts to court the young Balkan state with investment and advocacy is making some uneasy

It is six years since Islamic leaders and government officials laid the cornerstone of Pristina’s new central mosque – a slab of stone now hidden beneath weeds in a parking lot.

Pulling back the weeds reveals it is covered with bright red graffiti – death threats to Kosovo’s chief mufti, along with the words: “No Turkish mosque or there will be blood.”

Turkey is Kosovo, and Kosovo is Turkey

Amazing architects are working on contemporary mosques in Turkey. Why can’t we put Pristina on the map with something similar?

#Muslim #Mosque proposal by #ZahaHadid in #Prishtina #Kosovo. Winner chosen in April. #Hope it wins! #Islam #Kosova #Instakosova #Instakosovo #architecture #city #urban

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Una Hajdari contributed to this report, which was enabled by Reporters in the Field, a Robert Bosch Foundation programme hosted with media development network n-ost.

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from Islam | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2AALGaz

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