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Moscow: Muslims may end up praying in churches?

By Alliance Alert

The Institute on Religion & Public Policy: "Muslims in Moscow may be forced to pray in Orthodox churches because of a lack of mosques, though they would prefer not arrive at such an 'extreme' decision. The warning comes from the imam of the main mosque in the Russian capital Ildar Ayautdinov, responding to citizens' protests against the planned construction of a place of Islamic worship in the district of Tekstilschiki. The Orthodox Church says it is ready to accept the Muslim faithful, but scholars of Islam argue that Muslim religious leaders are magnifying the situation which in reality is not so dramatic."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).