The Muslim News - Muslim party launched in Bulgaria

Issue 246, Friday 30 October 2009 - 12 Dhu al-Hijjah 1430

Muslim party launched in Bulgaria

A new Muslim Democratic Union (MDU) party was launched on September 26 in the village of Slavyanovo, in northern Bulgaria. However, the President of Bulgaria, Georgi Parvanov and other political parties condemned at the formation of the MDU.
Paranov, speaking after the opening of the academic year at Sofia University, said that “the most important thing for me is the competent authority to clarify who is actually the initiator of the Union. For me it is important here that the party is not involved with radical Islam.”

Leader of the Bulgarian nationalist party, VMRO, Krasimir Karakachanov, condemning the MDU said to allow “a Turkish party on an ethnic basis in Bulgaria, is a provocation to the citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria. The establishment of such an organization can only lead to ethnic tension and mistrust.”

Chairman of the MDU Party, Ali Yuzeirov, said that “there was nothing unconstitutional in making their voices heard,” but as regards the Constitution, he said, “many foreign countries have discussed this issue and changed points in their constitutions as a result.”

The MDU was founded by 680 signatories.

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