Dmitry Medvedev called on Muslim leaders to carry out missionary work among migrants

On November 23, 2011, it became known that as part of a meeting with Muslim leaders in Ufa Dmitry Medvedev stressed the importance of construction in Moscow new complex of the Cathedral Mosque.

The President called on Muslim organizations more actively carry out missionary work among labor migrants. " People who come to us, help us solve state problems, economic tasks, he said, at the same time they are obliged to follow our laws: secular laws and, of course, if they are Muslims, then they must follow Muslim laws, traditions .”

The President also noted that “migrants perform very serious labor function on the territory of our country” and compensate "low population density" of the Russian Federation.

Sources

• The construction of the Cathedral Mosque complex in Moscow is an important factor in the development of the state, Dmitry Medvedev believes // Islam in the Russian Federation. 2011. November 23.