What is the main mosque in Moscow?

Moscow inhabited by people of different nationalities and beliefs.In order to meet their legitimate right to freedom of the individual to build a temple.Referring to the sources of Islamic culture.Consider what the mosque is the largest in Moscow.Is it the oldest of them all?And provides information on the location of the main Islamic organizations in the capital.

Mosque - in Moscow, the main and largest

Although the Islamic temple and is the largest of all, his story begins a little over a century ago.Several years ago, after heavy rains collapsed one of the walls, so it became necessary to restore the capital of the mosque.Since 2006, it conducted its reconstruction, which is scheduled for completion in 2015.Presumably it will be one of the largest in Europe and can accommodate up to 5 thousand. Muslims simultaneously.But apart from the main Muslim temple in Moscow, there are more valuable structures.

Which of the Moscow mosque is historically very old?

Islamic temple in the Tatar settlement would be built in the XVIII century.In those days, wooden building burned down, and in its place at the beginning of the XIX century began construction of another building.Only after several decades, the mosque was open to the public believe.But because historically, that during the popular revolution of the last century, along with the Orthodox were destroyed and fell into disrepair and Islamic temples.Although just before the Second World War it has committed worship.Only in the early 90s.the last century, it was decided to return to a full work that, for the first time a mosque in Moscow.It was successful reconstruction with the help of construction workers from Turkey and sponsors from Saudi Arabia.Around this same time, it was built and the new Islamic temple on Poklonnaya Hill.Memorial Mosque was built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 850th anniversary of Moscow.We also list the data of other religious organizations.

Where are the mosque in Moscow?Addresses of other similar organizations

list the location of the main centers of Muslims in Moscow:

- Mosque.Located - Vypolzov Pereulok 7.

- Old Mosque, Moscow.Located on the street.B. Tatar, 28, Building 1.

- Muslim society at the Moscow Historical Mosque "Byte - Allah."

- Memorial mosque.It has address: Poklonnaya Hill Street.Minsk, house 26.

- Mosque "Yardyam."Located on the street.Khachaturian, the house 8.

- Islamic Cultural Center.Tatarsky pereulok 5.

- International Islamic Mission.Address: Str.Ostozhenka, house 49.

- «minaret" is a religious association of Muslims on the street.Kulakov, 24, K.1.

Unfortunately, the question of "how many mosques functioning in Moscow at this time," you can answer appallingly meager numbers - four.Do you plan to address this problem in the near future?

Plans for the construction of new mosques

Moscow Muslims look forward to a new project, according to which it was announced that in the near future construction in the capital of no less than ten new Islamic temples.After all, the situation in recent years in the capital has become too short supply.This became especially clear after the recently held Fitr holiday, which became a vivid illustration of this.The most popular Mosque in Moscow, but also around other temples in the streets surrounding territories literally "bursting" of the people, as the service attracted a record 200 thousand. Faithful of Islam.Now in Moscow, according to official data, the population of about two million Muslims, according to unofficial - almost three million.Therefore, the project, which will regulate the coexistence of people of different nationalities and faith is an urgent need to put into practice in the near future.