Gubkinsky authorities closed the mosque

On May 20, 2013, it became known that the authorities of the city of Gubkinsky The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug was cut off from electricity and water supply to the local mosque. The reason was the warning of the prosecutor's office "about the inadmissibility of violation law, due to unsatisfactory technical condition, which poses a threat life and health of an indefinite circle of persons .

The mosque has been operating since 2000, but its official opening was not carried out, so the building is listed as an object in progress construction.

Chairman of the regional Kazyyat department Mir Davletov is sure that the technical condition of the mosque is good, and the reason for the closure is the desire of officials to squeeze out of the district "representatives of the DUM of the Asian part Russia: “The initiators of the liquidation of the kazyyat have already persuaded the community to move to the RDUM TsDUM mosques in the city of Tarko-Sale. This did not work out in Gubkinsky, so the mosque was closed .

According to him, the community of the mosque closed in this way in Noyabrsk, she has already begun to attend prayers in a mosque that is under the jurisdiction of the Central Spiritual Muslim Board. Since there is no other mosque in Gubkinsky, Friday prayers are still held in front of the closed mosque. Sources

• A mosque that had been operating for more than 10 years was closed in Yamal // IslamNews.ru. 2013. May 20.