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The chairman of the Reykjavík environment and planning board, Páll Hjaltason, has said that the board's promise to grant the Association of Muslims in Iceland a plot of land in Sogamýri on which to build a mosque will be met.
The land was approved for the purpose in January of this year.
The Association plans to build a mosque with a nine-meter high minaret, though the final design will be decided upon in cooperation with municipal authorities and the Association of Icelandic Architects, ruv.is reports.