Aqmescit Friday mosque

Aqmescit Friday mosque
	Aqmescit Friday mosque (is being built now)
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	being built
Location
Location	Simferopol (Disputed between Russia and Ukraine[1])
Architecture
Architect(s)	Idris Yunusov, Emil Yunusov
Type	Mosque
Style	Islamic, Crimean Tatar architecture
Completed	is to be completed in 2020
Specifications
Capacity	3,000
Dome height (outer)	28 m (92 ft)
Minaret(s)	4
Minaret height	58 m (190 ft)

Aqmescit Friday mosque (Crimean Tatar: Aqmescit Cuma Camisi), or Big Friday mosque (Crimean Tatar: Büyük Cuma Camisi) — is the biggest Crimean mosque, which has been built since 2015 after Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula. According to the plan, it is to be completed in 21 April 2020. Before that, Crimean Tatars for more than 20 years sought permission to build a mosque precisely in the place where it is being built now, but each time they were rejected for imaginary reasons from the pro-Russian government of Crimea.[2][3]

In particular, when the Crimean Tatars asked for permission to build a mosque on the Yalta highway, the then head of Simferopol, Gennady Babenko, declared:[4]

Firstly, the decision of the Economic Court has not yet entered into force, and, of course, we will certainly appeal. And secondly, the absolute majority of city residents insistently demand that there should be a forest park zone ... If other confessions raised questions about the construction of their temples in the protected zone, near the reservoir, from which we actually drink water, our attitude towards them would be exactly the same. Contact environmentalists, contact the water resources management department — they will tell you everything and show you. It's actually about people's health and life, you see?
— Gennady Babenko, the former head of Simferopol

Notes

This place is located on the Crimean peninsula, most of which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. According to the political division of Russia, there are federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula.
(in Russian) The Tatars set up a camp near Simferopol
(in Russian) The head of the Crimea insists that the mosque was built elsewhere
(in Russian) Friday mosque. The conflict is going on.

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[incrimea-1] This place is located on the Crimean peninsula, most of which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. According to the political division of Russia, there are federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula.

[2] (in Russian) The Tatars set up a camp near Simferopol

[3] (in Russian) The head of the Crimea insists that the mosque was built elsewhere

[4] (in Russian) Friday mosque. The conflict is going on.