From colonial symbol to sanctuary: Paris's Grand Mosque turns 100

The Grand Mosque of Paris marks its hundredth anniversary this year. Built in nineteen twenty-six in the Latin Quarter as a tribute to Muslim soldiers who died for France in World War One, the mosque has served purposes far beyond the spiritual. Per France 24, historian Benjamin Stora traces its role as a quiet geopolitical bridge—between France and Algeria, and between Muslim and Jewish communities.

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