Islamic Museum Opening Soon

For those who are looking for the knowledge and history, they can travel through history to know more on Islam and visit Minsk Mosque Museum .

Anyone, regardless of religion, can get acquainted with Islamic history, see copies of early manuscripts of the Quran, as well as elements of clothing of Muslim peoples, Central Asia and the Arab East in the Minsk Mosque Museum in Belarus.

According to tvr, the first exhibits of the Islam Museum have already taken their places on display. Hand-written books in the format of the ancestral diary, are the material spiritual heritage of the Muslims of Belarus. The Quran facsimile is already in the funds of the museum.

There are approximately 100,000 Muslims living in Belarus, and Islam in Belarus has a long history. It was introduced into the lands which now constitute Belarus by Lipka Tatars in the 14th -16th centuries, according to webarchive.  Today there’s about a dozen of big mosques in Belarus and Minsk Mosque is the biggest one in the country.

The Minsk mosque was demolished under the communist rule to be reconstructed  and opened in 2016.

 

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