Naberezhnye Chelny, August 16, 2022

A pensioner from Elabuga, Marcel Sarvarov, donated half a million rubles for the construction of the Naberezhnye Chelny Cathedral Mosque. Rimma Mukhametzyanova, head of the information policy and public relations department of the city wrote this on her Telegram channel.

According to the AiF newspaper, Elabuga pensioner Marcel Sarvarov came to the city and asked to see the mosque. After inspecting the object, the man promised to assist the mosque financially.

St. Petersburg, August 16, 2022

The Russian Museum of Ethnography hosted today the opening of the photo exhibition “Lead us on the straight path” dedicated to the 1100th anniversary of the adoption of Islam by the Volga Bolgaria. The exhibition presents the works of photographers from Tatarstan Farit Gubaev and Ramil Gali, “Tatar-inform” reports.

Kazan, August 15, 2022

Charitable Fund “Zakat” of the Muslim Religious Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan continues to provide humanitarian assistance to refugees from Donetsk and Luhansk who arrived in Kazan and live in four temporary accommodation centers. Today, on the 14th day of the month of Muharram (August 12), backpacks and school supplies have been delivered to 66 refugee children. 26 of them are primary school pupils, 40 are high school students.

Makhachkala, August 12, 2022

Dagestan authorities intend to prevent the disappearance of a historic mosque in the village of Khryug, Akhtynsky district, the government of the republic reports on its Telegram channel.

As noted, the Juma mosque with a minaret is in critical condition, and its destruction may affect residential buildings and social facilities located nearby.

Kazan, August 11, 2022

Tatarstan can become a launching pad for the introduction of Islamic banking in Russia, the region has all the prerequisites, Kamil Samigullin, chairman of the Muslim Religious Administration of the Republic of Tatarstan told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

St. Petersburg, August 11, 2022

A delegation from the Islamic Republic of Iran together with members of the Azerbaijani diaspora in St. Petersburg visited the St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque. The guests were told about the history of the Mosque on the banks of the Neva.

After Juma prayer, mufti Sheikh Ravil-Khazrat Pancheev received the guests at the residence of Muslim Religious Administration of St. Petersburg and the North-West Region of Russia.

Moscow, August 11, 2022

Nikolai Khanin, head of the city district of Kashir, invited representatives of ROSMIGRANT under the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia (SAMR) to hold an information meeting with labor migrants. The guests were told about the activities of the center, as well as the issues of integration and adaptation of labor migrants, their compliance with the migration legislation of the Russian Federation.

Simferopol, August 9, 2022

Seit-Settar educational complex has launched Arabic language courses for men, Islam.ru reports. The first lesson was held by Imam of Levadki village of the Simferopol region, Doctor of Philology, teacher of Islamic Sciences of Muslim Religious Administration of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Tauride Muftiyat) Rustem Memetov.

Nizhny Novgorod, August 9, 2022

The mosque worth for 750 million rubles will be built on Marata Street in Nizhny Novgorod, the press office of the regional government reports.

It is noted that the Council for Land Relations has already approved the allocation of a plot of 6.18 thousand square meters for the construction. The initiator of the project is the Muslim Religious Administration of the Russian Federation. The mosque is to be built in five years.

Makhachkala, August 8, 2022

Dagestan Muftiyat launched a republican contest on the book “Sheikh Saifulla-kadi Bashlarov. Life and work”.

The competition consists of three stages. The first stage was held on August 7 at the place of residence of the participants.

The second stage will be held on August 14 in cities and regional centers. The final stage will take place on August 21 at the Central Juma Mosque of Makhachkala.