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During visiting Katherine II in 1767 the city of
Kazan the inhabitants of Old - tatar Sloboda have addressed to
imperator with the request to give agreement on construction two
stone mosque. Katherine II with own hand has written " the
great order " about the sanction and even, according to the
legends, herself has specified a place for mosques.
Now Kazan mosque Mardjani (Al-Mardjani) is a monument of architecture
and is brought in the catalogue of world architectural meanings
Mardjani mosque is visited by the most of visitors arriving to
capital of Tatarstan by all means and also governmental delegations
of foreign countries. Obviously, mosque became the visit card
of republic of Tatarstan.
The name of the mosque is connected to a name of
the great religious reformer, encyclopedist and scientist - historian
Shigabetdin Mardjani, who has been imam in this mosque in 1867-1881
years. Near the mosque you can see the house of Mardjani and his
medrese (school), where he introduced new religious consciousness
in souls of the schoolboys with help of the scientific and realistic
understanding of the world and humanity.
From 1995ã. till now the Association of muslims at mosque is supervised
by the imam-muhtasib of Kazan city, member of SMM (Spiritual Management
of Muslims) of Republic of Tatarstan - Mansur-hazrat Djalaletdin.
Our country exists in different imperial dynasties
and different politics, but Mardjani Mosque hasn't been closed
for more than two centuries.
600-700 people have come on usual Friday pray. During Gaids (holiday
in Islam) there is no room for all people that come to the Allah
house and they have to read namaz outside the mosque.
Now, the government that created favorable conditions for religions
and diligence of imam muhtasib of the Kazan city Mansur-hazrat
help to build Islamic Cultural Center near the mosque, which will
unit around of itself a house for aged, children's house, Islamic
library, Islamic medical center, Halyal food shops (permitted
food for Muslims), workshops of national crafts, guest house and
etc.
Noble Mardjani mosque, as before, is the center of Islamic culture
in Russia, building the activity directed on the peace existence
of Islam and peace between religious confessions in Tatarstan
and neighbor republics
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