Muslim Moscow Begins to Bloom

Tucked in the shadow of Moscow's Olympic stadium, where beggars in Central Asian jackets entreat passersby and women wearing headscarves hurry past, excavators plow a muddy construction site.

The windswept field, next to the Sobornaya Mosque, is to be the location of the city's largest Muslim temple, with capacity for 5,000 worshipers. Set to open in September 2008, it will be second in Russia only to a mosque in Makhachkala, Dagestan, and the religion's headquarters in the country.

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