Cross on history

In the spiritual department of Muslims of the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, they do not mind the construction of the Temple of the Russian Orthodox Church in the place of the destroyed Biyuk-jami (large cathedral mosque) in Feodosia. This was reported on Wednesday "Crimea. Reals" with reference to the press service of the Office.

In the situation, “land issues are involved,” said in the response to a request from the publication, and therefore the clergy rely on the decision of the city authorities controlled by the Kremlin. “The spiritual administration of Muslims is a religious organization that does not have power and political levers,” the mufti stressed.

“At this place used to be an ancient temple, which for several centuries changed its cult affiliation,” the clergy also say. “The temple was both Christian and Muslim. Literally, the current mufti -mesh is located through the road and build a Sultan -Suleiman (that is, Biyuk -jami. - Ed.) Another Muslim templar is not practiced. Therefore, this one They decided to leave the foundation as an archaeological monument. "

At the same time, in the muftiyat it is argued that on the site of Biyuk-jami it is supposed to build not only the temple of the Russian Orthodox Church, but also the mosque and the Armenian church. How this correlates with the statements about maintaining the foundation and the “inappropriateness” of the construction of another mosque, in the publication of Crimea. Reali is not explained.

The plans of the Church on the site of the Biyuk-Jami were the first to write on October 31 on his FB page the chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Crimean Tatar people Zair Smedlyaev. "The movements go, and even for silence they are ready to pay money!" - noted the social activist.

Meanwhile, as the Mufti of the Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of Ukraine "Umma" Said Ismagilov wrote , in the legitimate power on the site of Biyuk-jami, it was supposed to conduct archaeological excavations, and then restore part of the structures of the complex. “There was even a restoration project,” Ismagilov emphasized.

Biyuk-Jami was built in 1522 according to the project of the great Turkish architect Mimar Sinan. In 1807, the mosque minaret was demolished, and a year later, Alexander I ordered her to turn her to the Orthodox Church. However, this was not done, and in 1833 the mosque was dismantled into bricks. In 1872, the Orthodox Church of Alexander Nevsky was built on the foundation of Biyuk-Jami. In the early 1930s, it was demolished by the Bolsheviks.

After the annexation in the Crimea, the installation of worship crosses, including in areas with the prevailing Crimean Tatar population, was activated since 2000. So, in August 2014, such a cross was installed near the village of Scalistoy, Bakhchisarai district on the site where the Muslim cemetery used to be. On September 26 of this year, the cross was placed on the highway near the Simferopol microdistrict Kamenka , where mainly Crimean Tatars live. In total, several dozen worship crosses are installed on the peninsula; Their construction caused a lot of conflicts of the Crimean Tatars with the Orthodox.

The spiritual department of the Muslims of Crimea went to cooperate with the occupying Russian authorities, and Mufti Emirali Ablaev, as it became known in mid -October, writes denunciations for Muslims in the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the prosecutor's office .