The $1.8 million mosque project is part of the city's plan to re-invent itself as an education and medical services hub given that the area's main industry, forestry, is no longer viable.

With nearly two billion followers, Islam originated in Arabia and spread throughout the world, becoming the world’s second largest religion after Christianity. While Mecca is its holiest site ...

Examples of Islamic art can be found on objects and in places such as on prayer mats, ornaments and in mosques. Calligraphy is a type of decorative handwriting.