The Russian Orthodox Church called for the moratorium on the recognition of the extremist ancient sacred texts

Ancient sacred texts cannot be studied for extremism, says Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, Chairman of the Department of the Moscow Patriarchate on the Relations of the Church and Society (Sheep), the Interfax-religion portal reports.

So he commented on the decision of the court in the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on the Muslim Binding Book "Molba (Dua) to God: its significance and place in Islam" and the discussion, which this decision caused from the filing of the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov.

As Vsevolod Chaplin noted, "the court decision is a court decision, he cannot be respected." However, according to him, "it was no coincidence that this verdict caused such a difficult discussion." "The ancient sacred texts were given to people at a time when no one tried to challenge the highest authority of the religious norm for humans and society. And, probably, it is worth thinking about some kind of moratorium on the declaration of extremist texts created 300, 500 or more years ago," the head of the interfax-religion portal told the shelter.

In addition, he believes, in this case, the law is disputed, central to many religions: "The right to argue that it is your religion that is true, that only one true God must be addressed."

“We have prohibited the propaganda of the superiority of a person or group of persons by religious basis, but not prohibited and cannot be prohibited that someone's religion is better or the only correct one. If such statements are prohibited, this will put in an irresistible contradiction a religious worldview and secular decisions and establishment,” Vsevolod Chaplin believes.

The representative of the church indicated that the Torah, the Bible, as in the Qur'an, contains many decisive statements that are not reduced to political correctness and inclusive (viewing, according to which one religion includes what is considered true in other religions. - approx. Newsru.com ).

“In the end, the High Serving Service is a very, very radical text,” Chaplin remarked.

According to the priest, the contradictions between religious worldview and secularism will always be. He is convinced that each of these worldviews has the right to public influence, but an attempt to declare secularism the only correct, only neutral and only acceptable worldview for society will only lead to an exacerbation of this conflict. ”

“Therefore, one can understand those Muslim religious figures who criticize the decision of the Sakhalin court, although it is difficult for me to agree with the severity and rigidity of the statements of a number of Muslims -Miryan,” the priest summed up.

As already reported, the judge of the South Sakhalin court, Natalya Perechenko, at the suit of the prosecutor, recognized the book "Pray (DUA) to God" extremist material. In particular, extremist were called the quotes from the Koran contained in it: “We worship you and pray for help” (“al-Fatikha”), “Do not appeal to anyone along with Allah” (Al-Jinn).

"Al -Fatikha" is the greatest Surah of the Qur'an. She is one of the deepest and most comprehensive prayers in Islam. It refers to the totality of ideas and the general meaning of the Koran, which confirms monotheism, being a good news for believers. In this Sura, Allah Almighty indicates the need to worship the Lord, ”the book notes.

Meanwhile, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov appealed to the decision of the judge.

"I demand a strict punishment for provocateurs who have made this court decision and trying to blow up the situation in our country. If they will not deal with them properly, then they will first make me a criminal. I will personally call them to the answer, because for me there is nothing higher than the Qur'an in this life. And I am ready to protect him to the end," Kadyrov said, calling those who made the mentioned decision, "national traitors," national traitories. and shaitans. "

After that, a statement of the representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office appeared about the inadmissibility of insulting judges and prosecutors, to which Kadyrov also answered .