Millions of Russian Muslims are celebrated Eid ul-Fitr on Tuesday - Interesting to see Eid Namaz pics in non muslim countries.
Russian Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Fitr
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Russia is fastest growing Muslim country in the world. Within most of our lifetimes the Russian Federation, assuming it stays within current borders, will be a Muslim country. That is it will have a Muslim majority and even before that the growing number of people of Muslim background in Russia will have a profound impact on Russian foreign policy. The assumption in Western Europe or the United States that Moscow is part of the European concert of powers is no longer valid. … The Muslim growth rate, since 1989, is between 40 and 50 percent, depending on ethnic groups. Most of that is in the Caucuses or from immigration from Central Asia or Azerbaijan.
The exponentital growth in Islam since the demise of the Soviet Union: Russia had about 300 mosques in 1991 and now there are at least 8,000, about half of which were built with money from abroad, especially from Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia. There were no Islamic religious schools in 1991 and today there are between 50 and 60, teaching as many as 50,000 students. The number of Russians going on the hajj each year, has jumped from 40 in 1991 to 13,500 in 2005. Within the next several decades there will be a mosque on Red Square.
Mostly it is due to fact what happened to Soviet Union on Afghan land in 80's. Many solutes to efforts of thousands of Pakistanis involoved in proxy war with Soviet Union at that time including former ISI chief Hameed Gul and late President of Pakistan Zia-ul-Haq.
The exponentital growth in Islam since the demise of the Soviet Union: Russia had about 300 mosques in 1991 and now there are at least 8,000, about half of which were built with money from abroad, especially from Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia. There were no Islamic religious schools in 1991 and today there are between 50 and 60, teaching as many as 50,000 students. The number of Russians going on the hajj each year, has jumped from 40 in 1991 to 13,500 in 2005. Within the next several decades there will be a mosque on Red Square.
Mostly it is due to fact what happened to Soviet Union on Afghan land in 80's. Many solutes to efforts of thousands of Pakistanis involoved in proxy war with Soviet Union at that time including former ISI chief Hameed Gul and late President of Pakistan Zia-ul-Haq.
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