Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque (Grozny, Chechnya)

The Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque (Russian: Мечеть Ахмата Кадырова, Mechet Akhmata Kadyrova) is located in Grozny, the capital ofChechnya. It is supposed to be the largest mosque in Russia^[1] and is officially known as the "The Heart of Chechnya" (Russian: Сердце Чечни, Serdtse Chechni).^[2][3]The mosque is named after Akhmad Kadyrov who commissioned its construction from the mayor of Konya. The mosque design with a set of 62-metre (203 ft)-tall minarets is based on the Blue Mosque in İstanbul.
On October 16, 2008, the mosque was officially opened in a ceremony in which Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov spoke and was with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In this mosque, ten thousand Muslims can pray at a time.^[4]The mosque contains one of Muhammad's relics, a 1400-year-old bowl used by Muhammad which after his death was allegedly kept by his daughter Fatimah and her husband Ali.^[5]