Most of the Turkish emigrants came to Germany in the 1960s as guest workers, and they performed low-paid and physically hard work that the local Germans did not agree to.

The construction of a mosque in Duisburg was initiated by Muslim women with the support of Laila Ezmal, the authorized representative of the city magistrate for the integration of migrants.

[2] The interior of the mosque is richly decorated with gold, turquoise, red and white paintings, and the room is illuminated by golden chandeliers.

At the opening of the mosque, the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Jürgen Rüttgers delivered a speech to the representatives of the German and Turkish public who had gathered in connection with this event.

She takes part in ecumenical meetings with representatives of Christian churches and hopes that the new mosque will become «the center of intercultural and interreligious dialogue».