Talgat Tadzhuddin proposes to crown the heads of the eagles of the Russian coat of arms with a cross and a crescent in order to avoid the disunity of Russia on religious grounds

April 15, 2011 in an interview with Moscow News Talgat Tajuddin, Chairman of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims Russia, expressed his idea to change the coat of arms of the Russian Federation.

“ I sent a proposal to change the Russian coat of arms Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, - said the mufti, - and recently [in Ufa] Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev showed how it can to look like. I made several copies of the sketch at once and sent them out as well to all our chief muftis in the regions .”

Talgat Tadzhuddin proposes to crown the heads of eagles on the Russian coat of arms with symbols Islam and Christianity - a cross and a crescent.

“ In Russia, there was a synthesis, which was not in Europe or America,” says He. - East and West meet. For the sake of this patriotism not faded away from our children and grandchildren, we humbly ask you to make some changes in emblem of our common country. All we ask is that one eagle's head be crowned crescent, and the other - the Orthodox cross. And that crown in the middle let them crown both the crescent and the cross. Then no enemy can use religious factor to the detriment of the unity and integrity of our . homeland

On April 18, T. Tadzhuddin clarified his wish. « If this will be reflected at the level of symbolism of regions with predominantly Muslim population, of course, that would satisfy us ,” he said.

Sources

• Russian Muslims intend to receive land plots in Moscow for the construction of new mosques //
• (conversation between Elena Suponina and Talgat Tadzhuddin) // Moscow News. 2011. April 15.
• Mufti Tadzhuddin considers the appearance of crescents on the emblems of the Islamic regions of Russia sufficient // Interfax-religion. 2011. April 18.