The Union des Centres Islamiques de Belgique has put forward proposals for a new seven-storey mosque to be built in the heart of Brussels' Turkish community on rue de Saint-Josse.

The 11,000 sqm building would hold up to 750 people and is being hailed as the first mosque of such architectural importance since the 1880 Great Mosque of Brussels in the city

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