The Ecumenical News International website reports today (September 24, 2010) that the head of Bulgaria's Muslim community has announced his backing for a campaign by the country's Orthodox Church to make religious education compulsory in public schools.
The church held a mass march in Bulgaria's capital of Sofia today in support of its aim, as protesters shouted against "60 years of atheism," introduced during the communist era.
The office of the Chief Mufti, who is spiritual leader of Bulgaria's Muslims -- the second largest religious group in the country -- presented a statement supporting the church's effort that was reported in the Bulgarian daily newspaper Klassa.
The statement said, "The mufti calls on Bulgarian citizens professing the religion of Islam to support the expression of solidarity with the campaign by Christians."
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