New Mosque Launched in Paraguay
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The biggest mosque in Ciudad del Este, the second largest city in Paraguay, was opened by Horacio Cartes, the South American country’s president.
According to the International Islamic News Agency (IINA), the opening ceremony of the mosque was held on November 9.
A number of political figures and diplomats in Paraguay were present in the program.
The new mosque was built at the city's Al-Khulafa Al-Rashidin Islamic Center.
The mosque cost around one million dollars to construct.
Paraguay is a landlocked country between Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia in South America.
There are a few thousand Muslims living in the country, most of them descendants of immigrants from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.
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