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2016-06-24 16:23:48 Post No. 61238302
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2016-06-24 16:23:48
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>Tuvalu
>Yes
>The tiny island nation of Tuvalu, best known for being the country in the world with the lowest population, has made history. Today construction finished on its first and so far only mosque
>Tuvalu has a population of 10000 people and a total land area of 26 square kilometers
>Nearly all of its population belongs to the Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu, but in 2006 a Saudi-native and his family, Sadiq Abdullah, moved to the island to pursue oceanographic research that could only be performed in that area of the world. This brought Tuvalu's Muslim population up to 6
>Abdullah entered contact with imams in Saudi Arabia, who agreed to help him finance the building of a mosque in Tuvalu
>"It is a very good thing," said Omar Demir, one of the imams in question. "I remember Sadiq when he was a child. Now he has helped spread Islam to another corner of the world. I couldn't be prouder of him"
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-36610645
