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Winning Design For Mosque In Iceland Unveiled
The winning design for the soon-to-come mosque in Reykjavík has been selected, and the chairperson of the Muslim Society of Iceland is confident that funds can be raised within the organisation to build it. The design, which you can see below, is…
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Google Not Showing The Icelandic “Mosque”
You can use Google to see every exhibition at the Venice Biennale except one – Cristoph Büchel’ “Mosque”. As The Observer points out, Google can let you take a virtual tour of all the works on display at the Biennale. That is,…
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“Mosque” Installation Case Reaches Dead End
The installation piece “Mosque” that was shut down by Venice police last May might stay that way, as legal inroads reach a dead end. However, other avenues are being explored. DV reports that “Mosque”, an installation piece by Cristoph Büchel consisting of…
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Life Imitating Art: Iceland’s “Mosque” Installation In Venice
On Friday May 22, Venetian police closed Iceland’s contribution to the Venice Biennale, a functioning mosque installed in a deconsecrated church in the heart of Venice. The issues surrounding the installation have varied from security risk to religious clashing to building permits…
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Venetian Officials Threaten To Close ‘THE MOSQUE’
Venetian officials have threatened to close the Icelandic exhibition, ‘THE MOSQUE’, after response by Catholic authorities, reports The Telegraph. The installation is set in a decommissioned church that has been privately owned since 1973. Nonetheless, the Catholic Church insists it should have…
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City Council Person: I Should Have Googled Better
The Progressive Party City Council Person, Sveinbjörg Birna Sveinbjörnsdóttir, admitted on Kastljós last night that appointing PEGIDA Supporter, Gústaf Níelsson, as vice-member of the Reykjavík Human Rights Council had been a mistake. The appointment was later withdrawn but even so Sveinbjörg said…
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Saudis To Donate To Mosque Build, News To Icelandic Muslims
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has pledged 135.5 million ISK to the construction of the Icelandic mosque, reports RÚV. The Saudi Ambassador to Iceland, Ibrahim S. I Alibrahim, made the announcement yesterday in a meeting with Icelandic president, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. The…
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Former Muslim Society Chair: Mosque Poll “Pointless”
The former chairperson of the Muslim Society of Iceland called a recent poll on whether a mosque should be allowed in Iceland “pointless”, as human rights are not up for debate. “Personally, I find these kind of polls pointless,” former Muslim Society…
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About 42% Against Mosque In Iceland
42.4% of respondents to a poll from Market and Media Research (MMR) say they are against The Muslim Society building a mosque in Iceland. According to the poll, respondents were asked how supportive or against different houses of worship they were. 42.4%…
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Most Icelanders Against Free Plots For Houses Of Worship
A new poll from Market and Media Research (MMR) shows that the majority of respondents are against free plots of land for the building of houses of worship. Respondents were asked how they felt about the practice of municipalities giving free plots…
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Progressive Alternate MP Quits Party Over Mosque Issue
An alternate MP for the Progressive Party told Grapevine he is quitting the party altogether, largely due the party’s handling of statements made by Progressive candidates for Reykjavík city council that he calls “offensive to Muslims”. Þorsteinn Magnússon, once an alternate MP…
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Progressive Disavows Islamophobes
Progressive city councilperson Sveinbjörg Birna Sveinbjörnsdóttir says she will not fight against a mosque in Reykjavík, and that Islamophobes who voted for her “bet on the wrong horse”. “I find this really distressing,” Sveinbjörg told Rás 2 listeners yesterday morning, DV reports.…
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Progressives Shut Out Of City Committees
The ruling coalition of Reykjavík city council has decided not to invite the Progressives to take part in any of the city’s councils and committees, as the city council president does not believe the party is “suitable” for the jobs. Vísir reports…
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Could Break Ground On Mosque Today
“We are in the final stretch of our preparations for the mosque and could principally break ground after the weekend,” Ibrahim Sverrir Agnarsson, chairman of the Muslim Association of Iceland, told Vísir yesterday. The mosque – which will be Iceland’s first purpose…
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Progressive Mayoral Candidate Allegedly “Tricked” Immigrants
The Progressive Party’s candidate for mayor may have kept her opinions of a mosque in Iceland to herself when she met with some of Iceland’s immigrant population, while allegedly plying them for votes. Kvennablaðið reports, in an article entitled “Were The Progressives…