Villeneuve-d'Ascq Grand Mosque, Islamic center in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.
Villeneuve-d'Ascq Grand Mosque is an Islamic center with several prayer rooms for daily worship and areas for religious instruction. The building also contains spaces for community events and gatherings.
The mosque was founded in 2011 and marked an important moment for the growing Muslim community in northern France. It was built to meet the need for a permanent place of worship in the region.
The mosque serves as a gathering place for believers from the area and marks the local landscape as a visible sign of Islamic life in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. Beyond prayer, it hosts events that bring together people of different generations and backgrounds.
The center holds daily prayers with Friday prayer being the main gathering for the community. Visitors should know that shoe storage areas are provided and modesty in dress is expected.
The center runs an educational program offering Arabic language classes and Islamic ethics instruction to pass traditional knowledge to younger generations. This teaching mission makes it more than just a place of prayer.
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