روسيا: عرض روسي لبناء مركز عالمي للشطرنج بدلاً من مسجد قرطبة

قام الروسي "كيرسان ليومزينوف" رئيس الاتحاد الفيدرالي للشطرنج ورئيس جمهورية "كالميكيا" الروسية – البوذية - بعرض 10 ملايين دولار لشراء الموقع المخصص لبناء مسجد ومركز "قرطبة" الإسلامي بـ"نيويورك".

وجاء ذلك خلال المؤتمر الصحفي الذي عقده لمطالبة عمدة "نيويورك" "ميتشل بلومبيرج"، والمستثمر الممول للمشروع "هشام الزناتي" بقبول عرضه والموافقة على بناء مركز دولي للشطرنج دعمًا لحوار الأديان، بدلًا من المسجد الذي تثير قضيته كثير من المشكلات المحلية والعالمية.

هذا وقد سبق وأن تقدم المستثمر "دونلد ترامب" بعرض لشراء الموقع، مشترطًا أنه في حالة إتمام الصفقة فإنه يلزم القائمين على بناء المساجد الابتعاد بقدر خمس بنايات عن موقع برجي التجارة العالميين، إلا أن محامي "الزناتي" أكد أن هذه محاولة رخيصة من "ترامب" للحصول على الشهرة.

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Russian Offers $10M for NYC Islamic Center Site

Report: World Chess Federation President Looks to Buy Controversial Site near Ground Zero for International Chess Center

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian president the world chess federation and also the president of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia is offering $10 million to purchase the site of the controversial Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero, reports ABC News.

Ilyumzhinov announced at a press conference in Moscow Thursday that he has sent letters to New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and Hisham Elzanaty, an investor in the Park51 site, on behalf of the World Chess Federation with their offer.

"I believe that international conflicts are extremely dangerous in complex times such as ours," Ilyumzhinov wrote in the letter to Bloomberg, according the report. "As the president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and as a person who has always supported interreligious understanding, I propose the construction of an International Chess Center at the suggested site of the mosque."

Donald Trump previously made an offer on the site. In a letter released Sept. 9 by Trump's publicist, the real estate investor told Elzanaty that he would buy his stake in the lower Manhattan building for 25 percent more than whatever Elzanaty paid.

Ilyumzhinov's offer of $10 million is said to be higher than Trump's offer.

Trump also attached a condition to his offer: He said that as part of the deal, the backers of the project would need to promise that any new mosque they constructed would be at least five blocks farther away from the World Trade Center site.

Elzanaty declined the offer.

"This is just a cheap attempt to get publicity and get in the limelight," said Wolodymyr Starosolsky, a lawyer for the Elzanaty.

Neither Bloomberg or Elzanaty have responded to Ilyumzhinov's letter.