Hawzah News Agency- Budapest, Hungary, Workers have been busy for months at an address on Gutenberg tér in Budapest’s District 8 to complete what will reportedly be an Islamic culture center.

The Józsefváros Local Council said that the property in the apartment house at Gutenberg tér 1 was bought at auction in 2014 by a private individual for 30 million Hungarian Francs, and that to their knowledge the Charity Peace Foundation – a religious and educational foundation representing adherents of the Muslim faith in Hungary – plans to open a cultural center in the building.

Local residents in the neighborhood and workers said that they believe the building will house a Muslim prayer house, but the council denied any knowledge of this.

It must be noted that the building is located opposite the Budapest University of Jewish Studies, a rabbinical seminary.

The president of the board of trustees at the Charity Peace Foundation, who was not named in the report said that the property will not contain a typical prayer house, but a cultural center with a gallery. The source added that the site will host various exhibitions, conferences, meetings and clubs for both men and women.

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