Vandals desecrated the Cathedral Mosque in Penza

Interfax, citing the press service of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Penza region, reports that in Penza on the night of August 22, unknown people threw a cobblestone into the window of the city's Cathedral Mosque. "As a result, the window was broken, part of the decoration of the mosque was damaged," the source said. In addition, vandals wrote anti-Muslim slogans on the wall. "Currently, the investigation regards the incident as hooliganism. An investigation is underway on this fact," a spokesman for the press service said.

In addition, Interfax reported that the vandals wrote anti-Muslim slogans on the wall. Meanwhile, according to the Penza-Online agency and the Islam.Ru website , the inscriptions were not anti-Muslim, but ethno-nationalist.

The head of the Unified Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Penza Region (EDUM), Abbas Bibarsov, sent a letter to the regional prosecutor V. D. Kashlevsky demanding that those who attacked the Cathedral Mosque be brought to justice. The application was accepted by the prosecutor's office for consideration.

In September, the Press Service of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Penza region sent a letter to the EDUM of the Penza region, stating that this statement was under the control of the prosecutor's office, but the perpetrators had not yet been found.

Sources

• In the center of Penza, unidentified people desecrated the Cathedral Mosque // Interfax. 2005. August 22.
• Panina A. Vandals encroached on the mosque // Penza-Online. 2005. August 22.
• The Cathedral Mosque of Penza was destroyed and desecrated // Islam.Ru. 2005. August 22.
• Penza Mufti Demands Prosecutor to Punish Mosque Thugs // There. August 23.
• The vandals who desecrated the Penza mosque have not yet been found // There. September 14th.