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Mosque in Sendling

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The Mosque in Sendling stands at Schanzenbachstraße 1 in the Sendling district of Munich, Bavaria. Since 1989 it has served as a house of prayer and Islamic centre, used mainly by Muslims of Turkish background. It is managed by DİTİB, the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs. Its official Turkish name is Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Merkezi (DITIM), a name that also designates the mosque association. In the mid-2000s the community became widely known across Germany because of a plan for a new mosque building.

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The mosque in Sendling has existed since 1989 as a place of prayer for Munich's Muslims, most of them of Turkish origin.

In the mid-2000s, an ambitious project to build a new mosque drew national and international attention. It prompted a sharp public and political debate that became known as the Sendling mosque dispute.

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The Mosque in Sendling is a mosque located on Schanzenbachstraße, in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The mosque was completed in 1989 as an Islamic prayer house mainly for Turkish Muslims.

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