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A new mosque is to open in Ekaterinburg

Kemerovo Cathedral Mosque surprises with its beauty

A meeting on the organization of Hajj 2020 was held in Saudi Arabia

Dagestan Mufti met with students

Moscow police helped a Muslim woman in labour

A mosque is to be built near the airport in Chelyabinsk

Muslim community in Tatarstan is to hold a children's contest on Arabic language

Online construction of a mosque in Nizhnekamsk

A delegation from Ingushetia visited Crimean Muftiyat

Short-term courses on performing namaz are opened in Tatarstan

A new mosque is to open in Ekaterinburg

21 January, 2020

Ekaterinburg, January 21, 2020

The new mosque will be opened soon in the Sorting area of Ekaterinburg, allowing Muslims of the region to perform prayers. It was announced during the meeting of the Ural Mukhtasibat that was held in the mosque.

21 January, 2020

Kemerovo, January 21, 2020

The Kemerovo Cathedral Mosque “Munira” was visited by a group of residents of the villages Chik and Kochenyovo, Novosibirsk Region. The guests from the neighbouring region arrived in Kemerovo as part of a grand bus tour.

Showing the visitors round the mosque the head of the press office of Muslim Religious Administration of Kemerovo Region, Vasily Korolev, spoke on the history of “Munira” and interesting facts related to it, as well as the foundations of the Muslim faith and culture.

21 January, 2020

Makkah, January 20, 2020

The first meeting of Hajj tour operators was held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on January 18, 2020.

Dagestan Mufti met with students

21 January, 2020

Makhachkala, January 17, 2020

On January 17, Mufti of Dagestan Sheikh Ahmad Afandi met with correspondence students of the Dagestani Institute of Humanities in the conference hall of the museum complex "Russia - My History" in Makhachkala.

The meeting was attended by the faculty and staff of the institution, as well as representatives of other educational institutions.

Addressing the students and guests with welcoming words the acting Rector of DHI Magomed Gadzhidadaev spoke about the results of work over the past year.

Moscow police helped a Muslim woman in labour

18 January, 2020

Moscow, January 17, 2020

Policemen in Odintsovo district of the Moscow Region saved a Muslim woman in hijab from giving birth to her baby in a car, the press office of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Moscow region reported.

A man came to the police officers, Dmitry Lakhinin and Vitaliy Yatsenko, and explained that he had a pregnant wife in his car, which went into labour and urgently needed medical help.

18 January, 2020

Chelyabinsk, January 16, 2020

A new mosque is to be built in Chelyabinsk this year. The head of the city, Natalya Kotova, provided the place for its construction. On Thursday, January 16, the place for new mosque was approved at a public hearing. It will be built in the village Airport, located next to the airport of the city.

16 January, 2020

Bugulma, January 16, 2020

The contest “My favorite Arabic language” is to be held in the Central Mosque of Bugulma on January 19. Children from 6 to 10 years old are invited to participate in it. The purpose of the competition is to increase the interest of the youth in the study of the Arabic language.

About 50 girls and boys, attending courses on the basics of Islam and spiritual and moral education at the mosques of the Bugulma Muslim Religious Department, are expected to compete in the contest.

Online construction of a mosque in Nizhnekamsk

16 January, 2020

Nizhnekamsk, January 15, 2020

Muslim community in Nizhnekamsk broadcast the construction of a new mosque through the video signal that is sent to a special monitor installed in the Central Cathedral Mosque of the city.

The new mosque has been built on donations from believers in subdistrict No. 35A since December 2019. It will accommodate 400 people. It should be noted that the mosque is unique in Tatarstan. It will have a recreation territory, a park, and specialized entrance to the room for the people with disabilities.

15 January, 2020

Sevastopol, January 14, 2020

A delegation of religious and public figures from the Republic of Ingushetia arrived in Crimea at the invitation of the Muslim Religious Administration of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. The aim of the visit was to learn the work of Crimean Muftiyat, in particular in the sphere of educating of young people.

14 January, 2020

Kazan, January 13, 2020

Muslim Religious Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan announces the intake of students to the “One Day School”. Visitors of the popular free short-term course will be taught to perform the prayer and the basics of Islam just in 7 lessons.

14 January, 2020

Levashinsky district, January 13, 2020

A severe fire occurred on Monday this week in the village of Tashkapur in the Dagestan Levashinsky district, the press office of the Ministry of Emergencies of the republic reported.

A fire broke out in a two-story house. It had completely burned out the second floor of the house and the roof. Fortunately, there were no victims besides the property of the owner of the house that was damaged.

Muslims in Murmansk Held Football Tournament

13 January, 2020

Murmansk, January 13, 2020

Muslim Religious Administration of Murmansk and the Murmansk Region held a traditional football tournament among Muslims of the region. 8 teams and more than 100 people from the cities of Murmansk, Zapolyarny, Olenegorsk, Monchegorsk, Apatity, ZATO Aleksandrovsk and Severomorsk participated in the competition.

The Crimean Muftiate outlined plans for 2020

10 January, 2020

Sevastopol, January 9, 2019

A working meeting of Mufti of Crimea Haji Emirali Ablaev and the district imams took place in the office of Crimean Muftiate on Thursday this week. Religious figures reported on their work over the past year and spoke on the plans and tasks for the new yaer.

10 January, 2020

Makhachkala, January 9, 2019

In connection with the recent events in the Middle East and the recommendation of the Russian Airways to Russian airlines not to use the airspace of Iran and Iraq for security purposes, many pilgrims in Dagestan became concerned about regular direct flights from Makhachkala to Jeddah.

10 January, 2020

Kazan, January 9, 2019

Muslim Religious Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan is to hold the All-Russian Koran recitation contest among women on January 25, 2020. The contest is to take place in the village of Uruss of the Yutazinsky district.

30 December, 2019

Makhachkala, December 30, 2019

The regular flights to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) from Makhachkala (Dagestan, Russia) airport started on Sunday last week. According to Bulat Kurbanov, general director of the Marwa-Tour Hajj Company, the flights will be carried out by Utair Company once in two weeks, TASS reports.

"The first plane departed from Makhachkala with a 100% load. The return flight from Jeddah is scheduled for January 10. The flights will be carried out regularly, once every two weeks”, Kurbanov said.

30 December, 2019

Ekaterinburg, December 30, 2019

The Russian Orthodox Church mentioned the demolition of a mosque in Ekaterinburg. This was stated by the chairman of the Synodal department for the relationship of the church with society and the media, Vladimir Legoyda, Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.

30 December, 2019

Makhachkala, December 30, 2019

Deputy Mufti of Stavropol Krai Zakir Sharypov came to the Republic of Dagestan on a working trip. Firstly the theologian read a Friday sermon dedicated to the Judgement Day at Zaynullah Sharifi Rasulev Mosque in the city of Makhachkala.

30 December, 2019

Kazan, December 27, 2019

An interfaith hockey match was held on the ice arena of “Zilant” sports complex in Kazan on December 27. The friendly match was attended by representatives of Muslim Religious Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Kazan Diocese, as well as employees of the Department for the Development of Languages and Interaction with Public Organizations of the Office of the Executive Committee of Kazan.

Tatarstan opened 18 new mosques this year

30 December, 2019

Kazan, December 27, 2019

18 new mosques were opened in Tatarstan in 2019, the press office of Muslim Religious Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan reports. The new mosques appeared in Aktanyshsky, Apastovsky, Arsky, Bavlinsky, Buinsky, Mamadyshsky, Muslyumovsky, Nurlatsky, Sabinsky, Spassky, Baltasinsky districts, as well as the Soviet district of Kazan and the village of Nazyar, Agryz district.

26 December, 2019

Magas, December 25, 2019

Muslim clergy in Ingushetia plans to launch the Green Month initiative including reading of sermons at mosques of the region dedicated to the environment in order to develop environmental awareness in local people through religion. According to the head of the project Adam Kalimatov, the initiative was figured out during the International Ecological Forum, which took place in a mountainous region of Ingushetia, TASS agency writes. Before starting the initiative, the organizers plan to compose a training manual for imams of mosques.

26 December, 2019

Kazan, December 25, 2019

According to the mayor of Kazan, Ilsur Metshin, an architectural community in conjunction with the Muslim Religious Administration of Tatarstan is to select territory for the construction of the Cathedral Mosque in the capital of Tatarstan.

25 December, 2019

Makhachkala, December 24, 2019

Patriarch Kirill signed a decree on awarding Mufti of Dagestan Sheikh Ahmad Afandi with the Order of Glory and Honor. In this regard, the Chairman of the Expert Council under the Patriarch for Interaction with Muslims, Hieromonk Grigory and religious scholar, historian Dr Roman Silantyev arrived in Dagestan.

25 December, 2019

Nizhnekamsk, December 24, 2019

Educational game “What? Where? When?” was held in the Central Cathedral Mosque of Nizhnekamsk. The intellectual battle was attended by more than twenty Muslim women, who were divided into three teams, reports “NTR 24”.

The connoisseurs were to answer mainly the religious questions. The contestants guessed the name of the Muslim tax from the harvest or the name of the man who first converted to Islam.

Meeting of Muftis of the North Caucasus

25 December, 2019

Makhachkala, December 24, 2019

A meeting of members of the Coordination Center for Muslims of the North Caucasus (CCMNC) was held in Makhachkala within the walls of the Muftiyat of Dagestan. The event was attended by Muftis and religious figures from all over the North Caucasus Federal District.

Welcoming the participants the Mufti of Dagestan noted that he was glad to see such honored guests in his homeland and emphasized that one of the directions in the work of religious figures should be to strengthen unity and cohesion in society.