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.

Unfortunately, dear brothers, there are those among us who condemn, blame Imam Shamil, say untrue words about him. For example, some say that imam and his murids fought for the mundane wealth. Others say that Imam fought for both glory and power, or say he was a cruel merciless man. Some assert the Imam surrendered and so was taken captive and that was his mistake because he had to fight till the victory.

Makhachkala, August 22, 2019

The Grand Mufti of India, Sheikh Abu Bakr Ahmad met with Mufti of Dagestan, Chairman of the Council of Alims of the Republic, Sheikh Ahmad Afandi. The honored guest was accompanied by the Director General of the Islamic complex “City of Knowledge” Dr. Muhammad Abdul Karim Al Kanidiy and others.

Sheikh Ahmad Afandi thanked the delegation for the visit and asked them about the life of the Muslims in India, their education and religious activities.

Kazan, August 22, 2019

Members of the initiative group from Kazan presented their new IT project at a meeting with the head of Muslims of Tatarstan in the residence of the Muslim Religious Administration of the region. The project developers are entrepreneurs Lenar Yusupov, Timur Gonezhuk and Pavel Ksenafontov. Lenar and Timur told the mufti Kamil Hazrat Samigullin about thier unique application.

Surgut, August 22, 2019

The the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District authorities are preparing for a visit of the supreme mufti of Syria, Ahmad Badr al-Din Hassun, who will hold a number of meetings concerned with extremism and terrorism with the followers of Islam in the region.

Moscow, August 22, 2019

Several Saudi students and experts will be participating in the World Skills Competition, which will kick off in Kazan in Russia on Thursday.

Hundreds of talented students and experts representing 75 countries from around the world will showcase their creative skills in aircraft maintenance and welding skills in the five-day event.

Saint-Petersburg, August 21, 2019

The 5th international forum of journalists from Muslim countries will be held in St. Petersburg on September 26-27.

The organizer of this grand annual international event is the “Russia - Islamic World” Strategic Vision Group led by the chairman of the organization, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Nurgalievich Minnikhanov.

Al-Ahsa, August 21, 2019

A Saudi mother recently gave birth to five babies. The mother and the babies are in good health at the Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Al-Ahsa. The babies – three boys and two girls – are weighing between 1,000 and 1,195 grams.

The woman had been under observation for a week after her hospitalization before undergoing a caesarean section, in which a team of 13 doctors and 45 technical staff were involved, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

Istanbul, August 21, 2019

A Turkish swimmer became the first Muslim person and the oldest man in the world to swim across the North Channel, known to be one of the seven most difficult routes.

Kamil Alsaran, who became the first Turkish person to swim across the English Channel in 2015, swam the North Channel, which is the strait that connects the Irish Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, on July 29, Demirören News Agency reported.

It took the 58-year-old man 13 hours and 55 minutes to complete the solo journey.

Saint Petersburg, August 20, 2019

Muslims of different nationalities took part in a mini-football tournament that was held in the city of St. Petersburg this week. St. Petersburg Open Mini-Football Tournament among Muslims gathered 12 teams at the city stadium Dynamo.

The Tournament was organized by the Muslim Religious Administration of St. Petersburg and the Northwest Region of Russia with the support of the St. Petersburg Sabantui Foundation and the St. Petersburg Football Federation.

Kazan, August 20, 2019

A new subject called “Civil Ethnocultural Identity of Russian Muslims” will appear in Islamic educational institutions of the Russian Federation this year. The program of the subject includes the study of national and religious identity and patriotic education.