Efforts towards construction of a mosque in Warsaw before the war. Realization of individual or community freedom of religion? Cover Image

Starania na rzecz budowy meczetu w przedwojennej Warszawie. Realizacja indywidualnej czy wspólnotowej wolności wyznania?
Efforts towards construction of a mosque in Warsaw before the war. Realization of individual or community freedom of religion?

Author(s): Andrzej Szymański
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Islam studies, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: Second Republic of Poland; Islam; mosque; Warsaw

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, the efforts of the metropolitan religious Moslem commune are discussed concerning the construction of the mosque in Warsaw before the war, as well as the friendly approach on this question of the state authorities, supporting the construction project. In spite of the fact that finally the construction was not started, the author answers the question asked in the title that the attempts of the state authorities of the II Republic of Poland to make the construction of the Moslem temple possible in the capital of the country should be recognized certainly as realization of the religious freedom both in the individual and community-related aspects.

  • Issue Year: XIII/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 97-105
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish