Moscow's Muslims Mark Eid al-Adha
![Moscow has one mosque for 500,000 Muslims. On religious holidays, like Eid Al-Adha, tens of thousands of faithful pray in streets specially blocked off near mosques, Moscow, Oct. 15, 2013. (Vera Undritz for VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/c3ade69c-9565-402b-9326-9d4e34814ac3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Moscow has one mosque for 500,000 Muslims. On religious holidays, like Eid Al-Adha, tens of thousands of faithful pray in streets specially blocked off near mosques, Moscow, Oct. 15, 2013. (Vera Undritz for VOA)
![Police line a pedestrian tunnel connecting Prospect Mira (Peace Avenue) Metro station and the Cathedral Mosque area, Moscow, Oct. 15, 2013. (Vera Undritz for VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/4e3eb75f-f9e0-48ec-9267-308b8ed79d21_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police line a pedestrian tunnel connecting Prospect Mira (Peace Avenue) Metro station and the Cathedral Mosque area, Moscow, Oct. 15, 2013. (Vera Undritz for VOA)
![Vendors sell colorful, durable mats for praying on the pavement in Moscow, Oct. 15, 2013. (Vera Undritz for VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/02bec65c-2e42-41d4-a3e5-dd3afe29c0b3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vendors sell colorful, durable mats for praying on the pavement in Moscow, Oct. 15, 2013. (Vera Undritz for VOA)
![Twin minarets of Moscow's new Cathedral Mosque rise over the green painted madrassa, a religious school which dates to the original construction in 1904. (Vera Undritz for VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/44996be1-faca-4974-9ac8-e3b9e3fa43cf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Twin minarets of Moscow's new Cathedral Mosque rise over the green painted madrassa, a religious school which dates to the original construction in 1904. (Vera Undritz for VOA)