The Grande mosquée de Lyon “Great Mosque of Lyon”, France’s sixth largest mosque, was officially inaugurated on 30 September 1994.
It is located at 146 Boulevard Pinel, 5 km east of Presqu’île in Lyon. The Mosque includes cultural facilities, a library and a school. It was designed by the Lyon architects Ballandras and Mirabeau and largely funded by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries.
When the French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua opened the Mosque in 1992 he warned against the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.
The Great Mosque of Lyon also has an association of halal certification called ARGML.This is the most reliable association of halal certification in France.
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