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Russian Islamic community news roundup
MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass World Service) -- Talanted Muslim students in Russia's constituent republic of Mordovia will receive scholarships from Russia's astrophysicist of world renown. Rashid Sunyaev, a Crawford Award winner, director of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, has joined the individual scholarships program of the Mordovian mufti's office.
In February 2007 the Muslim Board of the Republic of Mordovia
instituted a program for personal scholarships to support talented Muslim students.
Those whose performance is excellent in all subjects are entitled to a 100-percent surplus to their grant. The sponsors - Moldova's leading businessmen and public figures - selected nominations for scholarship recipients at their own discretion.
Rashid Sunyaev, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has now
joined in. His parents have a rural background. Both are from villages of
Mordovia's Kadoskin district.
In his message to the Muslim Board the scientist spoke highly of the
initiative to create incentives for young talented men and women and said
it was a great honor for him to participate in such a noble undertaking.
The Sunyaev scholarship will be awarded to college and university
students specializing in physics, chemistry and mathematics.
x x x
A large share of Russia's population "respects or loves" the Prophet
Mohammed, as follows from the results of an opinion poll the Council of
Russia's Muftis and the cultural and education fund Nadezhda (Hope) held
last March.
Questions about the Prophet were put to people from different walks of
life and age groups - from school students to middle class office workers.
For the sake of obtaining objective results the pollsters focused on
people seldom visiting mosques and having no theological education. People
professing other faiths were questioned, too.
Most of the polled proved to have profound spiritual affection for the
personality of the Prophet Mohammed. Some described their attitude as
"respect", and others, as "love". Only a small share of the polled said
they were indifferent.
The Muslims regard the Prophet first and foremost as an envoy of One
and Unique God, and non-Muslims, as the founder of Islam.
Most appreciate the Prophet's doings highly or positively. Nobody made
negative comments.
Very few of the polled have "vast and authentic information" about the
Prophet Mohammed, though, and most said they would like to know more about
that outstanding personality.
x x x
The president of Russia's constituent republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer
Shaimiyev, has signed amendments to the law On the Freedom of Conscience
and Religious Associations.
The amendments provide for the disinterested transfer to religious
organizations of buildings of worship and related facilities, as well as
the plots of land they stand on and other religious assets that have so
far been state or municipal property.
x x x
Chechnya's Mufti Sultan Mirzayev and the republic's Interior Minister
Ruslan Alkhanov have signed a pact on cooperation. Earlier, the Muslim
Board of Chechnya concluded similar agreements with Chechnya's Education
Ministry and the Mayor's Office of the capital Grozny.
Muslim clergy will be meeting police personnel at the Interior
Ministry's headquarters and at district police departments to discuss
religious matters and answer questions. The agreement is an open-ended
one. At the initiative of Chechnya's President Ramzan Kadyrov the Mufti's
Office is commissioned to strength Muslim, ethnic and cultural traditions
in Chechen society.
x x x
The Muslim Board of Tatarstan and the Islamic Development Bank are to build a Muslim hotel in the republican capital Kazan. The five-storey 26-suite facility having a total floor space of 3,000 square meters will cost 6 million euros to build. All hotel services will be in strict compliance with the Sharia laws. - end.
(Based on reports by Islam.ru, IslamNews, IslamRF.Ru portal,
Portal-Credo.ru, and information and analysis center Sova and NEWSru.com)
In February 2007 the Muslim Board of the Republic of Mordovia
instituted a program for personal scholarships to support talented Muslim students.
Those whose performance is excellent in all subjects are entitled to a 100-percent surplus to their grant. The sponsors - Moldova's leading businessmen and public figures - selected nominations for scholarship recipients at their own discretion.
Rashid Sunyaev, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has now
joined in. His parents have a rural background. Both are from villages of
Mordovia's Kadoskin district.
In his message to the Muslim Board the scientist spoke highly of the
initiative to create incentives for young talented men and women and said
it was a great honor for him to participate in such a noble undertaking.
The Sunyaev scholarship will be awarded to college and university
students specializing in physics, chemistry and mathematics.
x x x
A large share of Russia's population "respects or loves" the Prophet
Mohammed, as follows from the results of an opinion poll the Council of
Russia's Muftis and the cultural and education fund Nadezhda (Hope) held
last March.
Questions about the Prophet were put to people from different walks of
life and age groups - from school students to middle class office workers.
For the sake of obtaining objective results the pollsters focused on
people seldom visiting mosques and having no theological education. People
professing other faiths were questioned, too.
Most of the polled proved to have profound spiritual affection for the
personality of the Prophet Mohammed. Some described their attitude as
"respect", and others, as "love". Only a small share of the polled said
they were indifferent.
The Muslims regard the Prophet first and foremost as an envoy of One
and Unique God, and non-Muslims, as the founder of Islam.
Most appreciate the Prophet's doings highly or positively. Nobody made
negative comments.
Very few of the polled have "vast and authentic information" about the
Prophet Mohammed, though, and most said they would like to know more about
that outstanding personality.
x x x
The president of Russia's constituent republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer
Shaimiyev, has signed amendments to the law On the Freedom of Conscience
and Religious Associations.
The amendments provide for the disinterested transfer to religious
organizations of buildings of worship and related facilities, as well as
the plots of land they stand on and other religious assets that have so
far been state or municipal property.
x x x
Chechnya's Mufti Sultan Mirzayev and the republic's Interior Minister
Ruslan Alkhanov have signed a pact on cooperation. Earlier, the Muslim
Board of Chechnya concluded similar agreements with Chechnya's Education
Ministry and the Mayor's Office of the capital Grozny.
Muslim clergy will be meeting police personnel at the Interior
Ministry's headquarters and at district police departments to discuss
religious matters and answer questions. The agreement is an open-ended
one. At the initiative of Chechnya's President Ramzan Kadyrov the Mufti's
Office is commissioned to strength Muslim, ethnic and cultural traditions
in Chechen society.
x x x
The Muslim Board of Tatarstan and the Islamic Development Bank are to build a Muslim hotel in the republican capital Kazan. The five-storey 26-suite facility having a total floor space of 3,000 square meters will cost 6 million euros to build. All hotel services will be in strict compliance with the Sharia laws. - end.
(Based on reports by Islam.ru, IslamNews, IslamRF.Ru portal,
Portal-Credo.ru, and information and analysis center Sova and NEWSru.com)
