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TIL that in Cologne, Germany, Muslims once prayed Eid Salah inside the famous Cologne Cathedral. On Feb 3, 1965, Cardinal Josef Frings approved the prayer for hundreds of Turkish migrant workers during Ramadan after the war.

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