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VOLGOGRAD
Volgograd ialah sebuah bandar yang terletak di tebing Sungai Volga di tengah-tengah Volgograd Region. Diasaskan pada 1589 sebagai Tsaritsyn dan kemudiannya ditukar nama di kepada Stalingrad pada 1925 dan akhirnya pada 1961 nama bandar ini ditukar lagi kepada Volgograd dan kekal sehingga sekarang.
KOMUNITI MUSLIM DI VOLGOGRAD
Muslim asal Volgograd kebanyakannya adalah berketurunan etnik Tatar,Tajik,Chechen dan etnik-etnik lain. Majoriti mereka adalah Ahli Sunnah wal Jamaah dan mengikuti mazhab Hanafi.
Walaupun mengalami tekanan yang hebat pada zaman pemerintahan kerajaan komunis yang atheis, kebanyakan Muslim tetap dengan agama Islam dan mempelajarinya secara sembunyi.
Sekarang Islam adalah antara agama yang paling pesat berkembang di Volgograd,baik dari jumlah penganut baru ataupun warga muda berketurunan Islam asal yang berjinak-jinak kembali kepada Islam selepas dibasuh dengan atheism. Masjid yang sedia ada memang tidak mampu menampung perkembangan Islam di sini.
Selama beberapa tahun, perbagai usaha telah dilakukan oleh umat Islam di sini untuk mendapatkan sebuah masjid baru termasuklah dengan menandatangani petisyen. Akhirnya pembinaan masjid baru di bekas negara komunis ini berjaya diluluskan. Namun begitu, tiada jurutera yang sanggup mengambil projek ini dan beberapa daripada mereka telah menolak. Syukur kepada Allah akhirnya seorang jurutera telah sanggup merealisasikan pembinaan masjid ini dengan bersyarat - sumbangan modal dan bahan binaan sentiasa disalurkan dan tidak terputus. Setelah halangan demi halangan, akhirnya pada tahun 2005 kerja pembinaan telah pun dimulakan dan ia masih diteruskan sehingga sekarang. Kini secara amnya hanya wang yang menjadi masalah utama dalam menyiapkan masjid ini. » Pelan & Struktur
Background
VOLGOGRAD
Volgograd is a town which is situated along in the bank of Volga River in the middle of Volgograd region. It was established as Tsaritsyn in 1589 and was later changed to Stalingrad in 1925 and finally in 1961, the name of this town was changed again to Volgograd which remained until now.
THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN VOLGOGRAD
The native Muslim of Volgograd mostly originated from Tatar ethnic, Tajik,Chechen and other ethnics. Majority of them are Ahli Sunnah wal Jamaah and followed Hanafi sect. Despite of facing great oppression during the Communist reign which is Atheist, most of the Muslim remain with Islam and learnt it in secret.
Now, Islam is one of the religion which has widely spread in Volgograd, either in the number of new converts or among the young originally Muslim who started to return to the teaching of Islam after being washed with atheism. The existed mosque could not accommodate the flourishing of Islam here.
For many years, a lot of attempts have been made by the Muslim here to obtain a new mosque, including through signing petition. Finally the construction for a new mosque in this previous communist country has been approved. However, no engineer is willing to take up this project and some of them declined. God is Merciful, at last there is one engineer who is willing to comprehend the construction of the mosque with one circumstance –contribution of money and building supply must always be directed and non stop. After one tribulation to another, finally in the year 2005, the construction works started and carries on until now. At the moment, the main setback in completing the mosque is money/fund. There are still not enough funds to complete this project. » The Plan & Structure