Putin opened the mosque in Moscow
Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin inaugurated the new Moscow mosque on Eid Kurban Bayram, the Russian term for Eidul Azha was celebrated on September 23 in the country. Among the guests were the President of Turkey, Tayib Erdogan and President Palestinan, Mahmood Abbas. The mosque was built on the site of an old mosque that was demolished to build a new one. It took 10 years to build the mosque.
Islam is the second religion in Russia, home to 23 million Muslims. The majority of them live in the North Caucasus republics of Dagestan, Bashakrstan, Chechnya-Ingushita, Tatarstan and Kazan of the country. Moscow has nearly two million Muslims.
Mosque $ 170m was funded entirely by private donations. Putin, who fought Muslim rebels in southern Russia since coming to power in 1999, used his speech to highlight the challenge of prevention of Muslim radicalization, praising the cooperation of religious leaders of the country.
leaders "Russian Muslims are bravely using their authority to resist extremist propaganda I express great respect for these people who perform a truly heroic job ..." he
The new mosque. - . built on the site of a smaller, over 100 years old mosque destroyed in 2011 - can accommodate 10,000 faithful, but it is still one of six mosques in the city
appeals from Muslim religious leaders to build more mosques have met with opposition from city officials and residents .. "There are many Muslims and very few mosques in Moscow," said the veteran movement of human rights of Russia and Chairman of Helsinki Group Moscow Lyudmila Alekseyeva
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