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A plan to build the world's northmost mosque has been halted after Norway refused to accept funding from an Arab donor, with the government on Monday citing a lack of religious freedom in his Saudi homeland.
"It would be paradoxical and unnatural to approve financing coming from a country where religious freedom does not exist," said foreign ministry spokeswoman Ragnhild Imerslund.
The mosque in Tromsoe, a city in the Arctic Circle, is being funded in part by a donation from Saudi businessman Hamad al-Gamas, who has pledged 20 million kronor (2.5 million euros) to the project, according to reports in Norwegian media.