Ahat Jami Mosque
mosque in Donetsk
Key facts
- Built
- 1999
- Capacity
- 700 people
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Overview
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Ahat Jami Mosque is a congregational mosque in the north-west of Donetsk, Ukraine, located at 1 Marshala Zhukova Avenue. It was built in 1999 and has a capacity of 700. The mosque is named in honour of the businessman Akhat Hafizovich Bragin, and one of its minarets bears the name of the businessman Rinat Akhmetov. It is described as the first mosque built in the Donets Basin since the fall of the Soviet Union. The area is currently under the control of the Donetsk People's Republic and is disputed with Ukraine.
History
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The mosque was built in 1999. It takes its name from Akhat Hafizovich Bragin, a businessman and former president of the football club Shakhtar Donetsk, who was killed in a bomb attack in 1995. One of its minarets is named after Rinat Akhmetov. The building is regarded as the first mosque constructed in the Donets Basin after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
From Wikipedia
The Ahat Jami Mosque (Ukrainian: Мечеть Ахать Джамі, romanized: Mechet Akhat Dzhami; Russian: Ахать-Джами, lit. 'Akhat-Dzhami'; Tatar: Әхәт Җәми мәчете, romanized: Äxät Cemi mäçete) is a jama masjid (congregational mosque) located in Donetsk, Ukraine. The mosque was named in honor of local mafia boss Akhat Bragin and one of its minarets is named after Rinat Akhmetov. It is the first mosque to be built in Donets basin since the fall of the Soviet Union. Although de jure located in Ukraine, the mosque is on territory currently controlled by Russia as part of the Donetsk People's Republic.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A2%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achat-Dschami-Moschee
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahat_Jami_Mosque
Wikipedia (fa): https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3%DA%A9
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Ahad
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahat_Camii