Famous Barcelona bullring may be converted into Europe’s biggest mosque

The Emir of Qatar has reportedly agreed to roll out €2.2 billion ($2.99 bn) to convert Barcelona's Monumental bullring into a 40,000-capacity mosque, the biggest in Europe, by 2020, if the city council approves the project. The building would include a 300m high minaret which may become the third largest in the world after those in Mecca and Medina, reports 20 Minutos, Spain's most-read general newspaper, citing its sources close to the project. The mosque for Barcelona’s Muslims will also have a conference hall, a Koran study center, housing up to 300 people, and a museum of Islamic art and history. Barcelona Center News is a on-line project to distribute audiovisual content for television & Internet. This project meets the necessary technical skills to deliver video content to journalists who can publish it on internet or television.