Russian parliament urges the rebuttal of anti-religious extremism

The State Duma considered the claim “On protection of religious feelings of the citizens of the Russian Federation” which judges frequent cases of violation of religious shrines on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reports.

Yaroslav Nilov presented the project of the settlement at the session of the State Duma. The speaker of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkin stated that the Chamber’s administration decided to give word to the head of the committee on social unities and religious organizations, as the project was proposed by all Duma fractions which mean coincidence of views.

Yaroslav Nilov stated that 2012 demonstrated a series of insulting and outrageous events, including the situation with Pussy Riot, terrorist attacks in Tatarstan and Dagestan, actions on cutting down crosses.

Nilov expressed bewilderment that parliaments of friendly Orthodox countries didn’t make statements judging actions aimed at insulting of feelings of the faithful.

The PM from United Russia Dmitry Sablin stated that the current claim is aimed at emphasizing that our society is united in its support of traditional values which consolidate it.

“By adopting the claim we want to highlight: those who commit deeds insulting the feelings of dozens of millions of people don’t present a significant part of the Russian society. Only they are responsible for these sins,” he said.

The PMs urge the government and local administrations, parties, social organizations, religious organizations, the mass media to pay attention to further development of the civil society’s institutes in the country, modernization of the political system in Russia relying on maintenance of traditions of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hindu, and other religions composing an indispensible part of historic heritage of the Russian people.