Largest mosque in Central Asia opens in Kazakhstan (photo)

Kazakhstan’s first president Nursultan Nazarbayev inaugurated on Friday the largest mosque in Central Asia. Nur-Sultan Mosque has already been ranked one of the world’s ten largest mosques, with the total capacity of 235,000 worshippers. The total area of the land plot on which the mosque stands is ten hectares, while the total area of the holy place itself is more than 68,000 square meters. The height of its main dome is almost 90 meters, while its minarets rise at a height of 130 meters.