{"id":463,"date":"2007-12-17T09:31:53","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T23:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/?p=463"},"modified":"2007-12-17T09:31:53","modified_gmt":"2007-12-16T23:31:53","slug":"devout-worshipper-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/?p=463","title":{"rendered":"Devout worshipper – BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Malian<\/p>\n

Malian striker Frederic Kanoute has splashed out more than US$700,000 to buy his own mosque in Spain.
\nThe mosque is located in the Spanish city of Seville, where Kaounte plays his club football for Sevilla.<\/p>\n

The privately owned mosque was due to be sold after a contract to use the premises by the local Muslim population had expired.<\/p>\n

But Kanoute, one of the finalists for the 2007 BBC African Footballer of the Year award, stepped in to purchase the building.<\/p>\n

Most of Seville’s Muslims who will benefit from Kanoute’s gesture are immigrants from north and west Africa.<\/p>\n

The Islamic Community of Spain confirmed that a last-minute appeal was made to Kanoute after the mosque had been put up for sale.<\/p>\n

“The worshippers at Ponce De Leon are quite diverse but if it had not been for Kanoute then we would not have had a mosque on Fridays, which is the most holy day of the week for Muslims,” a spokesman for the Islamic Community of Spain told the local paper Diario de Sevilla.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old striker has not made any comment on the matter.<\/p>\n

But city authorities have confirmed that the property has been registered in Kanoute’s name.<\/p>\n

It is estimated that Kanoute has spent almost a year’s salary to buy the mosque.<\/p>\n

“We haven’t got anything to say about the matter. It was a property up for sale; it’s in a good area and it’s a normal investment,” added a Sevilla club official.<\/p>\n

Kanoute is a devout Muslim, having made a public conversion 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

At the start of last season, he controversially taped over the logo of the Sevilla club’s shirt sponsors – internet gaming company 888.com – because he said his religion forbade the promotion of gambling.<\/p>\n

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\"Malian<\/p>\n

Malian striker Frederic Kanoute has splashed out more than US$700,000 to buy his own mosque in Spain.
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