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Islamologist suggests introducing NATO Turkish and Albanian contingent to Moscow district

Moscow, November 26, Interfax – Only NATO can help settle the conflict over plans to build a mosque in South-Eastern Moscow district of Tekstilschiki, Islamologist Roman Silantyev believes.

"This conflict has already gained international importance and only bringing NATO Turkish and Albanian contingent to Tekstilschiki can stabilize the situation," Silantyev told an Interfax-Religion correspondent on Friday.

Thus he commented on the words of TV anchor, member of the Russian Public Chamber and the Council of Muftis Expert Council Maxim Shevchenko who had recently said that prefect of the Moscow South-Eastern Administrative District Vladimir Zotov undermines foundations of the state system and should be tried as the latter informed that there would be no mosque in Tekstilschiki. Besides, the journalist equated the official to the leader of Chechen militants Doku Umarov and said he feared that "actions of undermining elements in power can lead to reviving radical "Umarov's" forces in the North Caucasus."

The interviewee of the agency noted that "the respected expert of the Russian Council of Muftis expressed his opinion on refusing to build a mosque in Tekstilschiki too mildly."

"I'm sure the question of building this mosque should be discussed at the next session of the UN Security Council and the Strasbourg Court and if Vladimir Zotov refuses to obey fair Muslims' claims international community should apply sanctions against his district and ban his xenophobian residents to visit civilized countries," the Islamologist said.

According to him, it is extremely important "not to consider the so called local residents as there are only several hundred people who are nothing, but newly arrived "fascists" and "extremists."

"Times of cursed tsarism and totalitarian Stalinism passed, today we have democracy, power of demos. And demos, we know it from history, is not the whole nation, but only its intellectual, prosperous and mercilessly tolerant part. It should decide what, where and according to what law to build," Silantyev ironically said.

According to him, "it is extremely important not to irritate and outrage Doku Umarov." "If he wants a mosque in Tekstilschiki give it to him. Everything that excites his immature psycho should be categorically excluded or he will get offended and intensify his holy war," the expert said.

He suggested that "heroic mufti of Northern Ossetia Ali Yevteyev, who was exiled by enemies of Russia to his ideological Motherland," should become an imam in the Tekstilschiki mosque.

"He will explain to his parish how to kindle peace and inflict favor to neighboring Christians," Silantyev said.

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