In the Stavropol region, local residents are protesting against the construction of a mosque to replace the demolished Pyatigorsk one

About 600 people gathered in the Stavropol Territory for a gathering against the construction of a mosque in one of the villages. The site there was allocated after how the construction of a mosque in Pyatigorsk was declared illegal.

June 8, 2014 in the village of Vinsady, Predgorny district, people's gathering against the construction of a mosque. Its participants were residents of Vinsad, Lermontov, as well as Cossacks from Pyatigorsk and Essentuki - about 600 in total Human.

The plot in the village was allocated after the court found it illegal construction of a mosque in Pyatigorsk and decided to demolish it.

Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Viktor Goncharov promised find out on what basis the site was allocated. In his opinion, the document granting land for the construction of a mosque "illegitimate".

Nikolai, head of the administration of the Predgorny district Gulbyakov assured the protesters that without public hearings, no buildings will not be built.

Chairman of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Stavropol of the region, Muhammad Rakhimov said that in case of dissatisfaction of local residents, the community give up the site. “But for now let’s try to talk with the Cossacks, with the population, explain that there will be a large center of friendship for the peoples of the Caucasus, and nothing bad this is not. We don’t have another site, this one was the only one in three years, which the authorities offered us. We have not yet decided how we will proceed, but to escalate in any case, we will not ,” the mufti said.

Sources

• A gathering against the construction of a mosque was held in the Stavropol Territory // IslamRF.ru. 2014. June 10.