..in 2004, then-prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked his Romanian counterpart Adrian Nastase to allot a land where to build a mosque. Nastase agreed, and asked in return for a piece of land where to build a church in Istanbul, the above-mentioned sources state. "The Romanian Orthodox Church did not welcome the idea of having a Romanian church in Istanbul and advanced the idea of erecting a smaller edifice, such as a chapel or a pilgrimage center," the sources say. Subsequently, the Turkish authorities gave permission for a church to be built and identified six plots of land outside of the center of Istanbul where to erect it, but the Romanian authorities have not yet choose the site. The above-mentioned sources mentioned the fact that, in 2011, former Romanian President Traian Basescu met with Erdogan and gave the green light for the mosque to be built in Bucharest, and in 2015, the former government, led by Victor Ponta, adopted the decision allocating a plot of land near the Romexpo exhibition venue, for the mosque to be built on. "Basescu knew very well what taking a commitment on behalf of the state entails," the Presidential Sources state.
Recently, on March 23, on the occasion of President Klaus Iohannis' visit to Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that erecting a mosque in Bucharest would be "the most beautiful expression of the dialogue and solidarity between the two countries."
"Right now, our colleagues are working to obtain the permits. We have a completed project, but currently we want to develop it," Erdogan said. In his turn, President Klaus Iohannis confirmed that the documentation for obtaining the necessary permits was in the works. "They have reached the stage of requesting the building permits. This matter is incumbent on the city hall," Iohannis said.
http://www.agerpres.ro/english/2016/03/ ... y-10-44-32
Rumunski muslimani su koncentrisani uglavnom u istočnoj pokrajini Dobrudža, koju zapljuskuju Crno more i Dunav. Ta je pokrajina pripadala Osmanskom carstvu sve do 1877, kada ju je Rumunija anektirala.. Nova džamija će biti podignuta u veoma traženoj sjevernoj zoni prestonice. Novac za izgradnju (tri miliona evra) daje Turska.. Najuticajniji rumunski istoričar Neagu Đuvara sa krajnjom skepsom gleda na najnoviji islamski projekat u Bukureštu: „Smatram da je apsolutno nedopustivo da jedna zemlja koja se stotinama godina borila protiv muslimanskih vjerskih elemenata na svojoj teritoriji sada postane centar za širenje islamizma. To je potpuno nezamislivo.”
...Izvesnu smirujuću dimenziju u čitavoj povici oko nove džamije u Bukureštu unio je predsjednik Klaus Јohanis svojim učešćem, zajedno sa muftijom Јusufom Muratom, na Iftar večeri Ramazanskog posta. Izjava, koju je on tom prilikom dao, kao da je odjednom stišala strasti. „Vaše vrijednosti i tradicija nezamjenljiv su doprinos etničkom i vjerskom bogatstvu Rumunije i izgradnji jednog društva razumijevanja, tolerancije, dijaloga i mira”, izjavio je predsjednik.
http://lat.rtrs.tv/vijesti/vijest.php?id=160169
Broj muslimana u Rumuniji:
1949: 28,782
1956: 34,798
1966: 40,191
1977: 46,791
1992: 55,928
2002: 67,257
2011: 64,337
Prirodni "prirastaj" Rumunije:
1992: -3 462
1993: -13 329
1994: -19 365
1995: -35 032
1996: -54 810
1997: -42 425
1998: -31 869
1999: -30 594
2000: -21 299
2001: -39 235
2002: -59 137
2003: -54 116
2004: -42 629
2005: -41 081
2006: -38 611
2007: -38 472
2008: -30 428
2009: -34 158
2010: -47 825
2011: -54 997
2012: -54 256
2013: -51 048
2014: -55 428
2015: -59 173
