In Grozny, yesterday held a rally in defense of the Prophet Muhammad and insult against his cartoons in the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, whose members were murdered by Islamic radicals. According to estimates of the republican Interior Ministry, demonstrate the limits of freedom of speech in the capital of Chechnya were about 1 million people. Participants of the rally marched from Plaza Minute Mosque “Heart of Chechnya”, which took place on a collective prayer. Watched the scene correspondent of “b” GREGORY fog.
The first association that arose in the form of banners bearing towards the mosque “Heart of Chechnya” Grozny – May Day procession, or the Day of the city. Sunny, plus five degrees. Almost every yard, every state institutions have already lined up at 8:30 long columns with red balloons in the form of heart and the same type of glossy banners with slogans like “We love the Prophet” and “cartoons of the Prophet unacceptable” that were given by volunteers. Sometimes the crowd met stern men in hats and fezzes, who got banners with the same inscription, but duplicated in English: “We love our prophet Muhammad”. The city was still last night was blocked by military “Ural”, cleaned to a shine, at the mosque erected scene. To her and moved the protesters: anyone with children who are under the arm with elderly relatives. Sometimes the crowd cut swift columns of schoolchildren led by the cl ass teacher, chanting “Allahu Akbar!”. Above the procession circled two helicopters. Although officially the procession started from the site a minute to 9:00 column already managed to pass more than one circle at the center of the city, always stack to the main mosque in Grozny.
On May Day demonstration antikarikaturnoe procession of relatives and the fact that the country was announced yesterday an unofficial holiday. “My cousin recommended the release of their employees to demonstrate. And I have to work all went here, including the chief,” – said “Kommersant” resident of Gudermes Supyan. Like him, residents of Chechen towns and villages, went to the capital, there were many: someone heard about the rally on the Friday prayers, someone explained the need to protest against offending religious feelings at work. Even last Friday, the head Ramzan Kadyrov said that displays on the streets are not 500 thousand. Man, as promised earlier, and a million. According to the republican Interior Ministry, people gathered even a little more.
Ahmad of Old Atagi said that of all the family gathered in Grozny last: “When I went by car through the center, I realized that all the empty village.” However, despite the voluntary-compulsory nature of the action and the active support of its authorities (for example, taxi drivers were obliged to lunch free to carry people to the rally and with it), all of the respondents “b” unanimously recognized that without a special invitation and were ready to go. “America, France, whatever. They do not understand what they are doing. Received shot, it was a warning, today we warn them. They will not understand, the war will be. We are not only Muslims, we are in the world there is so much” – said the medical student Ramzan. Similar opinion was held by others: “If you do not believe in Allah, then do not insult him, this is not your business.”
“We specifically at seven in the morning from the village went to catch. Now relatives called, says that it is impossible to enter Grozny because of a giant cork,” – said one of the protesters . Among the marchers were residents of Ingushetia, which recently passed a similar action, as well as from Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria.
By 10:00 the entire city center was filled with crowds with banners. Above them, in Arabic raced: “There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.” In the courtyard of “Heart of Chechnya” men circled in dhikr: religious rite, like a dance, is fond of all new members. A little further, with their green flags with Arabic script photographed strong young men. In the center was almost nowhere to turn. “Look at all these people: imagine how many of them want to smoke? And suffer,” – stated in a fur hat bearded protester told “Kommersant”. However, some could not stand and were smoking behind the building of the Islamic University, where they regularly drove angry young guards.
Right before the mosque was built a small stage. It successive gray Chechen elders sat with staff, representatives of the Islamic and Orthodox clergy. At the head of the Presidium of the improvised – Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia Ravil Gaynutdin. “All these cartoons are intended only to divide believers, but we will not allow it,” – he told reporters. Towards noon on the square appeared and head of the republic. “We will not allow the name to insult the prophet. What kind of freedom of expression do these European politicians and journalists?” – Blaring from the speakers voice, Ramzan Kadyrov.
The meeting ended in a midday namaz (prayer). At this point, the flow of people to the mosque and not dried up, many began to lay prayer rugs directly on the lawns. “We need to make ablution else, but in a stampede easier to Gudermes to go, take a shower and come back soon will be,” – said in a crowd. However, many brought with them a bottle of water and washed his face and legs are the same, which is why in the squares adjacent to the mosque dozens of streams flowed. Under drawl singing mullahs rally in defense of the Prophet became Razuvaev and lean on prayer mats. For some time Carried out of the speakers prayer mingled with shouts of speakers on the next stage of officials and members of the clergy, and then all was quiet. Was heard only the whisper of thousands of people uttering a prayer, and the noise of the blades hovering over them Mi-8.
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