The Banya Bashi mosque in central Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. A substantial part of the Bulgarian population are Muslims, mostly ethnic Turks. The country was part of the Otoman Empire for 500 years until 1876. Sofia, Bulgaria, 14/06/2012

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Location: Triaditsa Street, Sofia, Bulgaria, Europe
Photo credit: © Johann Brandstatter / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: balkan, balkans, banya, bashi, bulgaria, bulgarian, cultures, islam, islamic, islamism, islamophobic, mosque, nationalism, religious, sofia, tolerance