Mosque opened in northern Vojvodina
The first Muslim religious building in Vojvodina - Muhadžir Mosque - was opened in Subotica on Sunday.
Source: TanjugThe proceedings started with of the Koran and a prayer ceremony.
The Koran was presented to President of the Islamic Community in Subotica Fetis Kurdali by Mehmet Yilmaz, a donor representative from Turkey.
Kurdali said that it obliged the Muslim believers to live together with members of other religions in that multiethnic environment and to respect them.
The Muhadzir Mosque is the first Muslim building which, after more than two centuries, has been built on the highway running from the Romanian city of Sofia to Budapest in Hungary.
The ceremony was also attended by representatives of two rival Muslim factions, the Islamic Community of Serbia, represented by Mufti Muhamed Jusufspahić and Head Mufti of the Islamic Community in Serbia, Muamer Zukorlić.
Honorary head of the Islamic Community in Serbia Hamdija Jusufspahić, who did not attend due to poor health, sent a message of peace on the occasion.
