He addressed those who gathered for morning Eid al-Adha prayers in Ljubljana.

The Muslim community has secured the missing funds. Qatar will follow up its earlier donation with a EUR 10.8m grant.

Qatar had donated EUR 15m to kick-start the construction of the first mosque to be built in Slovenia and cultural centre, which began in 2015.

The mosque now needs to be installed with the interior equipment, worth EUR 2.4m.