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| Moscow residents protest mosque construction; 2010.Sept.24 | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 24 2010, 02:49 PM (89 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Sep 24 2010, 02:49 PM Post #1 |
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Moscow residents protest mosque construction Moscow residents have taken their protests over the construction of a mosque to the prefecture. Officials say they have not yet received the letter, signed by more than 1,800 people, but assure them that no mosque will be built until public hearings have been held. Mikhail Butrimov leads the My Courtyard movement, which collected the signatures. He said 1,834 people signed the petition, which ran to 195 pages. The letter states that local residents are protesting against the construction of a mosque. "But it has nothing to do with a dislike for or fear of strangers or Muslims," Butrimov stressed. In 2006, the prefecture received a request to allow the construction of an Orthodox church on a vacant plot of land. But the request was denied. The reason given, Butrimov said, was that there were too many utilities, such as gas pipelines, running underground on that plot of land between Volzhsky Boulevard and Saratovskaya Street. "I do not know for sure how residents would respond if an Orthodox church were to be built on that site. People turned to us after they learned of the decision to build a mosque. But I would like to say that the chapel concerned was planned on a plot of 50 square meters, while the mosque requires 0.4 hectares, or many times more. Such decisions usually provoke a degree of discontent and dissatisfaction," he added. Anton Paleyev, chairman of the Commission for Public Associations and Religious Organizations, said the Orthodox community had submitted an application for the construction of a chapel but it was declined. As regards the building of a mosque or any other place of worship, he said, two rules have existed in Russia for 300 years, under which such a construction should be agreed with a local religious organization and, second, that it is approved by local residents. "Those wishing to initiate construction should hold a public discussion," Paleyev believes, "and canvas the opinions of residents. If they protest, there is no way to insist that the construction goes ahead against their wishes." Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, head of the synodal division for relations between the church and society, said that the practice of building Orthodox churches in predominantly Islamic or Buddhist countries shows that conflict is easily avoided if the site selected for construction, the church's size and its architectural style are agreed with all the parties concerned, including locals. Vedomosti Source: http://en.rian.ru/papers/20100924/160710284.html |
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| Deleted User | Sep 24 2010, 02:53 PM Post #2 |
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They have a bizarre way of doing things over there for sure. |
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| Deleted User | Sep 25 2010, 01:02 AM Post #3 |
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Sounds like a good way of planning that we should take up over here, as long as it cannot be overridden by the government. |
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