Islam in Russia

Source : Maha Akeel | Arab News
Ufa | 30 Mar 2011

I recently visited a region that I had never thought of visiting. This was perhaps because I did not know anything about it, especially its Islamic history and heritage.

Source : Paul Goble | Eurasia Review
Moscow | 29 Mar 2011

Ravil Gainutdin, the head of the Union of Muftis of Russia (SMR), says that “today, a much greater threat to the unity of [Russia] comes not from the Caucasus but out of Moscow where at the walls of the Kremlin, at the grave of the Unknown Soldier, thousands of young people under Nazi symbols shout ‘Down with the Caucasus!’”

Moscow | 01 Mar 2011

The wave of disorders which have overflowed the countries of the Middle East will not affect an internal situation in Russia, academician and member of Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yevgeny Primakov said.

Source | Islam Today
Vladikavkaz | 24 Feb 2011

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday urged government bodies to "give the widest support to Islam" in Russia in order to win what he calls "an ideological battle against radical" Islamists.

Speaking at a meeting in the volatile North Caucasus in Russia, he said: "We must educate (people) and give the widest support to Islam" in Russia, he said at the meeting in Vladikavkaz (southeast), devoted to counterterrorism measures.

By: Ibrahim Abdulaev
MAKHACHKALA, Dagestan | 23 Feb 2011

(IslamDag) - Quranic verses appeared on the skin of a baby in the Caucasus made lots of headlines in 2009.

A nine-month old Ali Yakubov in Dagestan, has become the object of pilgrimage after his parents and the village Imam reported seeing Quranic verses, in Arabic, appearing on his skin. These facts have been attested by the local doctors, politicians and the clergy.

According to local Imam, the signs in Arab first appeared on the body of the new-born Ali a few days after his birth.

Caucasus has always been famous for its heroes, their acts were admired, younger generations grew following their examples.

The most honorable place among these true heroes occupy Shaheeds - Martyrs, who died on the path of God, upholding the religion of Islam.

Such high award is received only by Allah's chosen.

Source : Dm. Sudakov | Pravda
Moscow | 21 Jul 2008

Islam is likely to become the primary religion in the Russian Federation by 2050 due to the high birth rate in Muslim republics.

The current Chinese-led conquest of Russia’s Far East already seems to be a matter of immediate concern for the Kremlin. The ethnic birth rate disproportion in different regions of the country is another problem. The Muslim community may become the largest community by the middle of the current century. Therefore, Islam has all chances to become the predominant religion in Russia.

There is a hadith which says that worthy people can be appreciated only by worthy ones. They say, when we mention pious people Allah grants us His blessings. So, hoping for Allah’s blessings, we are going to say few words about Imam Shamil.

Source : Sergei L. Loiko | Los Angeles Times
MOSCOW | 26 Jan 2011

At 15, Israil Mirzakhanov was at a crossroads: He could stay home in the Caucasus region, where several of his friends already had been taken from their homes and had turned up dead in the street. Or he could take his chances with the rampant discrimination in Moscow.

Source : Maria Panina | AFP
MOSCOW | 28 Oct 2010

It is a typical Friday scene -- worshippers kneeling in the rain outside Moscow's biggest mosque, forced to use their shoes to anchor their prayer rugs to keep them from blowing away in the autumn winds.

The scramble for a place inside is a weekly headache for Muslims in the Russian capital, a city with one of the biggest percentage of Muslims in Europe but with only four mosques.

And their plea for more space to worship is stirring tension with Russia's resurgent nationalists.