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 31, 2020

A long-awaited opening of the “Shahids Square” was held yesterday in Makhachkala. The initiative of the construction belongs to the Mufti of Dagestan, Sheikh Ahmad Afandi.⠀

Makhachkala, August 28, 2020

Mufti of Dagestan Sheikh Ahmad Afandi met with religious leaders who passed the courses on reciting the Holy Koran. The head of the courses was a Hafiz from Yemen, Ibrahim Ahmad al-Zubaji.

The meeting was also attended by the Head of the Koran memorization center of the Dagestan Muftiyat, Muhammadhabib Budunov.

Moscow, August 26, 2020

Three Muslim republics take the leading positions among the Russian regions with the least number of divorces, Pavel Smelov, deputy head of Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), told the agencies.

Vladivostok, August 25, 2020

The opening of a second Muslim prayer house is to be opened soon in Vladivostok, the representatives of the Muslim Religious Administration of Primorsky Krai told PrimaMedia agency.

“Despite the construction works that are carried out in the worship house, the prayer room is already opened for believers. The local Muslim community has already begun to perfrom congregational prayers here”, says the official page of the Muslim clergy on Instagram.

Makhachkala, August 15, 2020

The first deputy Mufti of Dagestan Republic Abdulla Adzhimollaev took part in Majlis Shukr, an event organized for Babayurtovsky district residents, which took place on the territory of the Spiritual and educational center named after Prophet Isa (peace be upon him).

The Majlis was timed to the active participation in the construction of the Spiritual Center by people from the Babayurt district who have been working on the site for two weeks.

Makhachkala, August 14, 2020

Mufti of Dagestan Republic Sheikh Ahmad Afandi received the deputies of the People's Assembly and public coordinators of the “My Dagestan” project last Sunday, the press office of the regional Muftiyat reports.

The delegation included deputies of the People's Assembly of Dagestan Nariman Temurkaev and Anna Bezrukova, as well as public coordinators Rukiyat Akhmedova and Muhammad Rashidov.

Cherkessk, August 12, 2020

Hajj and Umrah Department of Muslim Religious Administration of Karachay-Cherkess Republic held a hajj contest, Islam.ru website reports. The contest consisted of several rounds, and according to their results the first place was awarded to Yulia Eresko, who won a prize ticket to Mecca.  

Moscow, August 12, 2020

Russia for the first time in the world has developed the first vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday, August 12, during a televised video conference call with government ministers.

President Putin emphasized that the vaccine underwent the necessary tests. He added that one of his two daughters has received a shot of the vaccine and is feeling well.

Makhachkala, August 11, 2020

Dagestan Republic plans to develop Islamic finance, Islam.ru website reports. The initiative belongs to the Corporation for the Development of Dagestan joint with the Agency for Entrepreneurship and Investments of the republic.