Sochi Muslims still have not received permission to build a mosque

As of September 2010, Sochi Muslims still cannot obtain permission to build a mosque. Allocations they have been trying to get the plot for 15 years. In 2008, a decision was made to building a mosque for the 2014 Olympics. The idea of ​​construction was supported by the President D. Medvedev, but the site was never allocated.

Now the city leadership recommended instead of a mosque to install for the duration of the Olympic Games, collapsible panel houses and bring imams. After the end of the games, the houses are planned to be dismantled. Muslims are not satisfied such a decision. "A mosque is not a circus, and imams are not guest performers of a burnt theatre, " Deputy Supreme Mufti Russian Albir Krganov. Sources

• Sochi Muslims fail to obtain land allocation for the construction of a mosque // Tatar-inform. 2010. September 25.