Ljubljana mosque

The Islamic Religious and Cultural Center ( Sloven . Islamski versko-kulturni center ), known as the Ljubljana Mosque (Džamija V Ljubljani) or the Ljubljana Mosque (Ljubljanska džamija) - Sunni mosque and cultural center, which is planned to be built in the area in ( Slovenia). The complex will include a mosque, a library, a fountain, etc.

Mosque
Islamic religious and cultural center of Ljubljana
sloven. Islamski versko-kulturni center
A country	Slovenia
City	Ljubljana
Address	Bezigrad district
Coordinates
Current school	Sunni, Hanafi
Owner	Muslim community of Ljubljana
Mosque type	Juma Mosque
Architectural style	Islamic architecture
Construction initiator	Muslim community of Ljubljana
Philanthropist	Muslim community of Ljubljana
condition	acting

In the 1960s and 70s, a large number of Muslim migrants from neighboring Yugoslav republics moved to Slovenia. In 1969, they first asked for permission to build a mosque, but their request was not granted. In the 1990s, they again tried unsuccessfully to achieve the construction of a mosque. According to the 2002 census, 2.4% of the population of Slovenia (about 47,000 people) are Muslim (See Islam in Slovenia ) ^[1] . Together with Athens , Ljubljana was one of the few European capitals in which there was no mosque.

In December 2003, the Municipality of Ljubljana issued the official right to build a mosque, but radical opponents of Muslims, having collected 12,000 signatures to the call to prohibit the construction of the building, still deferred construction ^[2] . In July 2004, the Constitutional Court quashed the referendum as “encroaching on the rights of religious minorities guaranteed by the Constitution” ^{[3] [4]} .

At the second referendum, held in December 2008, the signatories demanded not to allow the construction of the 40-meter minaret of the mosque ^[5] . On December 25, 2008, after long discussions, the design of the cultural center was approved.