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[[Image:Ethem Bey mosque in Tirana.jpg|The inside of the mosque]]

'''Et'hem Bey''' [[mosque]] is located in the center of the [[Albania]]n capital [[Tirana]]. Construction lasted from [[1789]] to [[1823]] by [[Molly Bey]] and her son [[Haxhi Et`hem Bey]]. During [[Communist and post-Communist Albania|communist rule]] in Albania the mosque was closed until [[January 18]], [[1991]], when, despite opposition among communist authorities, ten thousand people attended prayer service. Most of the populace was surprised by the lack of police intervention and this was a clear victory for [[freedom of religion]]. The [[frescoes]] of the mosque depict trees, waterfalls and bridges; [[still life]] paintings, a rarity in [[Islamic art]].