Instead of a mosque, a park will appear in Tekstilshchiki

August 19, 2011 in the prefecture of the Southeast Administrative districts of Moscow reported that on Volzhsky Boulevard, where it was planned to build mosque , a park will be laid out.

With such an idea, the prefect of the Vladimir district approached the mayor's office Zotov. He noted that in this territory "construction of large objects It is not possible, since there are engineering communications. IN As a result, all studies on this issue were stopped, the site was removed from the cadastral accounting, and planning for the construction of the mosque has been halted."

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin supported this proposal.

Recall that the idea to build a mosque on Volzhsky Boulevard provoked protests from local residents. Earlier it was reported that on the disputed site will build kindergarten.

Sources

• A new park will appear in Moscow on the site where it was previously planned to build a mosque // Interfax-religion. 2011. August 19.