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Crimean Tatars IDPs in Western Ukraine provided with premises for religious and cultural center

23.07.2015, 09:38
On July 22, members of Drohobych City Council upheld the decision to provide the Crimean tatars displaced from Crimea with the premises of former public utilities unit No. 4 to arrange a cultural and religious center.

On July 22, members of Drohobych City Council upheld the decision to provide the Crimean tatars displaced from Crimea with the premises of former public utilities unit No. 4 to arrange a cultural and religious center.

It was reported by IA ZIK that cited Les Yasyur, chief specialist of the municipal executive committee.

Rustem, a representative of this community, noticed in his speech to deputies that Crimean Tatars thrown to Drohobych by annexation of Crimea are in need of joint Friday prayers.

“We are not building a mosque, because we do not want a conflict here. We want to have a cultural and spiritual center with one small room for prayer,” the Crimean religious community stated their intentions.

Deputy Mayor and City Council Secretary Taras Metyk urged the deputies to uphold the decision, adding that these people are staying now in Drohobych through the common tragedy of Ukraine.

According to him, the spiritual needs of Crimean Tatars are advocated not only by the municipal government, the European Community Foundation Caritas also petitions to assist immigrants.

The council members approved the decision under which the Crimean Tatars will be given the former public utilities unitNo.4, which is now dilapidated. The authorities claimed they would help Crimean Tatars, who are now about 100 in Drohobych, to renovate the premises