Agate Djami Mosque

The Agate Djami Mosque ( Ukrainian Мечеть Ахать Джамі Metschet Achat Jami ) is located in the northwest of the Ukrainian city ​​of Donetsk . It bears its name in honor of Achat Hafizovych Bragin , an entrepreneur and former president of the Shakhtar Donetsk football club , who fell victim to a bomb attack in 1995; one of its minarets is named after the entrepreneur Rinat Akhmetov .

history

In 1993 the Muslim community "Star of the Prophet" was founded in Donetsk. A year later the foundation stone was laid for the first mosque in the region. The plans for the building were borrowed from one of Istanbul's mosques .

The main sponsor of the project was Achat Bragin. After his tragic death on October 15, 1995, it was decided to name the mosque after him. Originally, the building was only supposed to have one minaret, but funding from Rinat Akhmetov made a second possible, which was finally named after him. The Ukrainian Islamic University - the first Muslim institution for higher education in Ukraine - is located on the first floor .

The mosque and Islamic University were officially opened on September 3, 1999.

Web links

• Article about the Islamic University in the Ahat Jami Mosque ( memento from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (Ukrainian)

Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′ 11.5 ″  N , 37 ° 43 ′ 11 ″  E