On October 25, a 300-year old mosque of the village of Bogatovka (Tokluk) was filled with praying people again. This mosque, rebuilt from the very basement, is only one of many Crimean mosques wiped out from the history of Crimea.

The “Al-Iman” mosque was cast in lot with hundreds of other places of worship, transformed into a village club after the Crimean Tatars were deported. The villagers built a new club in 1980ies and ruined the mosque as a useless building; it’s a wonder the basement remained.

The local Muslims (several hundreds of Crimean tatars) had to go to the neighbouring villages to perform prayers for many years, and now the rebuilt mosque is crowded with people of different ages, as both the village natives and their children and grandchildren living in different parts of Crimea came for the solemn opening.

Many sponsors invested in rebuilding the mosque, and AUASO “Alraid”, represented on the event by its Head Bassil Mareei, was one of them.

Head of AUASO “Alraid” Crimean Branch Ali Mohammad Taha, Mufti of RAMC Emirali-Haji Ablaev and local authorities also took part in the event.

31/10/2013

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