A meeting of the Russia-Islamic World Group was held in Kazan — RealnoeVremya.com
Delegates from 100 countries noted the contribution of Tatarstan to the development of cooperation between Russia and the Islamic world
“The rapprochement between Russia and the Islamic world in many cases of “people’s diplomacy”, or rather, the foreign policy activity of true adherents of Islam who have survived in the country, these sacred values,” paid tribute to the first president of Tatarstan Minmer Shaimiev. Despite the fact that in Russia there has been a long time with a tolerant religion, it is the countries of the Muslim and Arab world that have not succumbed to pressure from the West and still adhere to the principles of developing cooperation with our country, Chairman of the Tatarstan Group Rustam Minnikhanov emphasized. Now, as Realnoe Vremya has seen, spiritual leaders are looking forward to a renaissance in economic development with Muslim countries.
Kazan after the meeting in Jeddah
This morning, Kazan hosted the 12th meeting of the Russia-Islamic World observation meeting, which is largely timed to coincide with the celebration of the 1100th anniversary of the official acceptance of acceptance by Volga Bulgaria. Perhaps for the first time in the history of the Russian state, this historic event received the status of a federal celebration, and the deputy head of the rules of Russia, Marat Khusnullin, chairman of the organizing committee, drew up a plan for preparing and celebrating this date. Later, in honor of the anniversary, a complex of the Cathedral Mosque was laid in Kazan.
The entire spectrum of world views arrived in Kazan at a meeting of the Russia-Islamic World Vision Dispersal Group — muftis of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Russia, the Caucasus, Ingushetia, who received about 70 million Muslims in the country, as well as religious leaders from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Sudan and others. In total, there are about 2 billion Muslims in the world who are participants in the assembly.
The chairman of the Russia-Islamic World Observation Group Rustam Minnikhanov, the deputy chairman of the resolution of the Russian Federation, the chairman of the organizing committee for the preparation and expected celebration dedicated to the 1100th anniversary of the official acceptance of the acceptance by the Volga Bulgaria, Marat Khusnullin, the OIC Secretary General Ibrahim Takhi, take part directly in the meeting, State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Bogdanov and other Russian and foreign officials, as well as religious figures: Mufti of Tatarstan Kamil Khazrat Samigullin, Supreme Mufti, Chairman of the Central Spiritual Administration Talgat Khazrat Tadzhuddin, Chairman of the Spiritual Muslim Board of the Russian Federation Ravil Khazrat Gainutdin . In total, Kazan gathered about 100 delegates from all over the world.
Officially, the session was devoted to the Russian experience of gathering ethno-cultural diversity, an interethnic and interreligious congress as a guarantee of the forthcoming common citizenship. But against the background of the unfolding economic persecution against Russia, the angle of accusations against the leaders shifted towards criticism of the West, which has always been considered the antipode of the Islamic world.
The President of Tatarstan called for long-term cooperation in establishing cooperation and maintaining a dialogue. He recalled that at the end of last year, the Russia-Islamic World Sharp Observation Group held a meeting in Saudi Arabia in Jeddah.
“The results became our meetings in Jeddah,” Minnikhanov noted.
The West is doing everything to shake up interethnic and interfaith relations
Most of all, he rested on criticism of the West. According to Minnikhanov, today Western countries are in a tough confrontation with Russia, unprecedented sanctions are being applied:
– The tolerance widely promoted by the West was directed only to its inner circle. The collective West is trying to bind its values; subdue those who think differently.
He stated that Western countries are doing everything to shake up the situation in Russia, primarily in the sphere of interethnic and interfaith relations. In response, Russia defends the right to its own value orientations, adhering to the preservation of a multipolar world and cultural diversity. And heightened appreciation for the fact that most of the countries of the Muslim and Arab world did not succumb to pressure and “still are necessary for the development of cooperation with our country.”
Confirmation is the participation in a large number of compositions of guests. To the State Councilor of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, who not only occupies the group itself, but also personally disappears with the revival of the physical monuments of Bolgar. He spoke about the fact that the republic has been moving towards today’s mastery of the event for many years: from the outside – step by step towards establishing friendly relations and business relations with the countries of the Islamic world, on the other hand – conducting archaeological research on the study of one land of Bolgar.. The money for the construction of the Muslim mosque “Kul-Sharif” was collected by all the people.
Mintimer Shaimiev recalled that in 1803 the first Muslim edition of the Koran was published in Kazan with a circulation of 1500 copies.
“We can always state with full confidence that our land is the birthplace of not only the very first, but also the largest printed Koran! he noted.
In 2005, he joined the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (before that, Vladimir Putin announced his intention to enter in 2003, having received in Malaysia).
“The step taken on the personal initiative of Vladimir Putin was very important for our country, it rises to a new fundamentally new level of the status of our relations with the Islamic world, expands the scope of cooperation with the countries of the East and on the scale of the entire Council of Observers,” Mintimer Shaimiev said. .
Islam is considered a tolerant religion in Russia, but doomed to extinction
“The results of this vigorous activity are evident,” continued the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SUM) of the Russian Federation, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin.
The Muslims of Russia are treated with respect and benevolence both to the countries of the Muslim world and to the Russian leaders. And yet it was not always so.
– Long centuries cover tolerance for religion in the Russian Federation, but doomed to extinction. And at the same time, in spreading on a global scale, that in a unitary state, penetration cannot exist as a full-fledged spiritual tradition. But, glory to all, the rapprochement of Russia’s positions and the conversion of the world is proceeding as if it were knurled, although not as fast as in terms of the sense of being, – he noted with regret.
Gainutdin bitterly stated that both objective and subjective observations are still connected in this process.
— For example, not all Russian officials are aware of wiretapping. We see how yesterday’s critics were introduced en masse, it was today that they traveled to Muslim countries, acquired tamms and business projects,” he noted, suggesting that all government officials and public figures did not reach this point.
According to him, the flight is due to the fact that his Muslim world meets those who did not return from Russia. In the conditions of the changed political situation, he intensifies work with the Islamic world.
“This concerns the halal industry, creating conditions for Islamic banking and stimulating economic cooperation between Russia and the Islamic world,” he listed, suggesting that the Muslim world is becoming “the main market for Russia for many years to come.”
To do this, he considers it necessary to “create interdepartmental structures under the government of the Russian Federation related to the achievement of specific tasks”: “We are ready to proceed from the conclusion to create an interdepartmental center for digital currencies under the government of the Russian Federation based on Islamic banking data. For example, in the fact that we are far behind the governments of Western countries, which are ahead of us in the return on investment and even in the return on construction of mosques in Russian cities..
Nevertheless, according to him, the OIC is proud that the Muslims of Tatarstan and the entire Russian Federation are dynamically developing communities united in the world community.
Luiza Ignatieva, photo: tatarstan.ru
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