“We have many centres”: muftis dispute about the capital of Russian Islam

Head of Bashkiria Radiy Khabirov called the city of Ufa “the official centre of Russian Islam” at the 5th meeting of the Russia — Islamic World Strategic Vision Group. Bashkir officials and religious figures have repeatedly said similar phrases. At the same time, Special Envoy of the Russian Federation to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ramazan Abdulatipov does not share the opinion of the head of Bashkortostan, Tatarstan also considers not Ufa the Russian centre of Islam but Kazan and Bolgar, Dagestan and Chechnya have their opinion. As the correspondent of Realnoe Vremya found out on the sidelines of the forum, Russian muftis also disagree with the position of Khabirov.