OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A groundbreaking ceremony was held this week for a planned mosque that will become part of Omaha interfaith campus, including Christians, Jews and Muslims.
The Omaha World-Herald reports the mosque is expected to open in late 2016 or early 2017. More than a dozen local Muslim children grabbed shovels and dug into the ground during the Thursday ceremony.
The mosque helps complete plans for having the three faiths represented at the site. Plans for a Christian presence took shape last month when members of Countryside Community Church voted to relocate there. The church's pastor says they already have more than $16 million in financial commitments toward construction.
The first piece of the interfaith campus came when Temple Israel moved into its new synagogue there in 2013.
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