The mosque’s location in the center of Kazan’s fortified kreml is symbolic, as its grandiose image and size call into question the dominance of Christian symbolism, represented by the three churches located alongside.
The building is long overdue in Kazan, which has for many decades been the seat of Sunni mufis in Russia. Unusual elements [...]
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