“No matter how many marauders and the like hinder the construction of mosques, there will be more and more Muslims and mosques,” the Russian wrote on a social network.
The protesters, joined by prominent Russian fighter Maksim Divnich, are demanding the postponement of the construction of the mosque, which, according to available information, is designed for 60,000 believers. Another factor of activists’ dissatisfaction is that an Orthodox church is already located on the territory of the lake. At the moment, 17 thousand signatures have been collected against the construction of the mosque, and the Moscow mayor’s office said that the project was suspended.
Earlier, former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan expressed his opinion on this matter, turning to the “peoples of the country” with a request to “adequately consider this situation”, but soon deleted his message from the social network.
The well-known Russian fighter Magomed Ismailova did not stand aside, who drew attention to the fact that due to lack of space, the capital’s Muslims have to pray on the street.