The head of Kabardino-Balkaria, Yury Kokov, laid the first stone on the building site for a large new mosque in Nalchik on June 2nd. As reported by Construction.ru via the republican press service, the religious building will bear the name of the mufti of the North Caucasus, Anas-hadzhi Pshikhachev, who died in 2010 as a result of an attack by Islamic terrorists. Speaking at the ceremony, Yury Kokov expressed confidence that the construction of the mosque will make a contribution to the lives not only of future parishioners, but also of all inhabitants of the republic.
A new mosque in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria
