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Sofia councilors from ultra-nationalist Ataka party will demand a referendum in the city on the planned construction of a second mosque in the Bulgarian capital. Their argument is that Muslims in Sofia have one mosque and that is more than enough, and Sofia does not need a "centre for Islamic education" in the words of Ataka leader Volen Siderov.
"There are Islamic factions in Bulgaria who are seeking to impose Islam as a dominant force in a Christian European country. Ataka are categorically opposed to any form of promotion of the Islamic faith, or construction of mosques or Islamic education centres," Siderov said. "We demand to know where the money for such construction comes from," he added, knowing that an eventual investigation regarding the source of the investment will postpone the mosque's construction.