In Albania, new Turkish mosque stirs old resentments

With its four minarets towering over the Albanian parliament next door, no visitor can miss the Great Mosque of Tirana. When completed in 2019, the hulking new central mosque will be the biggest in the Balkans, with enough room for 5,000 worshipers. Not all Albanians are happy about that – including many Muslims, who make up an estimated 60 percent of the population.

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