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Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin - Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia, Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European Part of Russia.

Ravil Gainutdin (Gainutdinov Ravil Ismagilovich) was born on August 25, 1959 in Tatarstan. He studied at the Shali rural Tatar school and completed his secondary education at a school in Kazan.

In 1979, Ravil Gainutdinov entered the Mir-Arab Islamic madrasah in Bukhara. As an external student, he completed the seven-year course of this madrasah with honors in 4 years and was appointed the first imam-khatib of the Kazan Cathedral Mosque “Nur Islam”.

In 1991, Ravil Gainutdin was elected President of the Islamic Center of Moscow and the Moscow Region.

In 1994, at the founding Mejlis of Muslim religious associations and communities of the European part of Russia, Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin was elected Mufti, as well as Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Central European Region, transformed in 1998 into the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European Part of Russia.

In 1996, at the 1st Majlis of the leaders of the Spiritual Administrations of Muslims of Russia, Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin was elected Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia.

Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin Candidate of Philosophy, author of many scientific works on Muslim theology, Muslim dogma and law. He is a professor at the Moscow Higher Theological Islamic College, an academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Eurasia, the International Slavic Academy of Science, Education, Culture and Religion, and the International Academy of Informatization.

In his sermons and daily religious activities, Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin consistently defends the ideas of civilized interfaith dialogue and fraternal cooperation between all peoples, and takes an active peacekeeping position for the establishment of civil peace and harmony in society. He is a signatory to the Treaty “On Public Harmony” proposed by the President of the Russian Federation.

In 1997, under the patronage of Moscow Mayor Yu.M. Luzhkov and Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin, the construction of the Shuhada Memorial Mosque (Memory) in Moscow on Poklonnaya Hill was completed in honor of the fallen Muslim soldiers in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. , which became a significant milestone in the spiritual and cultural life of Russian Muslims and one of the pearls of the capital’s religious architecture.

In 1998, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin became one of the main founders of the Interreligious Council of Russia, which included all the Heads of traditional faiths of the Russian Federation. He is one of the initiators and Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Second Peacemaking Forum on the interaction of traditional religions and cultures, which will take place in Moscow on March 2-3, 2004 at the St. Daniel Monastery and is held with the benevolent participation of Patriarch of All Rus' Alexy II on the initiative of the Heads of Religious confessions of the CIS countries.

Mufti Ravil Gainutdin is the author of the conceptual idea for the development and the leader of the creative team of scientists who created the fundamental work - “Basic provisions of the social program of Russian Muslims”, which became the basic program for the relationship of Muslims with society and the secular state on a number of important social problems, which was published in 2001 and immediately received the most positive response and approval not only among the Russian public, but also abroad.

In 2001, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin graduated from the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation with a specialization in “State and Municipal Administration”, and in 2003, at the Department of Religious Studies of the Russian Academy of Civil Art, he defended a scientific dissertation on the topic: “Islam in Russia (experience of philosophical analysis).”

Based on materials from Muslim.ru

Place of work: Council of Muftis of Russia (Chairman) Place of work: Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European Part of Russia (Chairman) Awards:

Mufti Ravil Gainutdin was awarded many government awards, including: in 1997. was awarded the Order of Friendship, and in 2004 by Decree of the President of Russia V.V. Putin, he was awarded the highest state distinction - the Order of Honor for his great contribution to strengthening interfaith peace and harmony, national unity and spiritual revival of the peoples of the Russian Federation.

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Ravil Gainutdin- sheikh, chairman of the presidium of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European part of Russia, chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia, one of the initiators of the expansion of the historical Moscow Cathedral Mosque. Ravil Gainutdin is an ethnic Kazan Tatar. Member of the Public Chamber. Full member of the World Assembly for the Rapprochement of Islamic Madhhabs.

Ravil Gainutdin tat. Ravil Gainetdinev
1st Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia since July 1, 1996
1st Chairman of the Presidium of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European Part of Russia since December 9, 1998
1st Chairman of the Presidium of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Central European Region of Russia January 29, 1994 - December 9, 1998
Birth name: Ravil Ismagilovich Gainutdinov
Original birth name: Ravil Ismagyl uly Gaynetdinev
Birth: August 25, 1959
village Shali, Pestrechinsky district, Tatar ASSR, RSFSR, USSR

Ravil Ismagilovich was born on August 25, 1959, in the village. Shali, Pestrechinsky district of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in a Tatar family.
He worked as an assistant director at Kazan Television. In 1979 he entered the Mir Arab madrasah in Bukhara (Uzbekistan), after graduation he became the first imam-khatib of the second Kazan cathedral mosque “Nur Islam”. In 1985, he was appointed executive secretary of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European part of the USSR and Siberia in Ufa. In 1987 he became the imam-khatib of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, in 1988 - the main imam-khatib. In 1991, he was elected president of the Islamic Center of Moscow and the Moscow Region.

On January 29, 1994, he was elected mufti, chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Central European Region of Russia. On July 1, 1996, he was elected chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia.

Married, father of two daughters.
Professor of the Moscow Islamic University, International Slavic Academy, International Academy of Informatization, Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation.

Views and statements
On September 24, 2009, at the international conference “Russia and the Islamic World: Partnership for Stability”, dedicated to the interaction between the Russian Federation and the Islamic world, in Moscow, in the Hall of Columns, he said, in particular: “We can agree with the opinion of the outstanding Russian historian of the 19th century Karamzin, who said: “Moscow owes its greatness to the Khan.” This also applies to Russia as a whole”; “thanks to the political will of the Golden Horde khans, the gathering of scattered Russian principalities around Moscow began.”

On September 28 of the same year, at a press conference dedicated to the results of the international conference, he confirmed his position, saying: “Russia was originally built by Slavic and Turkic peoples - this is my firm conviction, based on the study of history.”
On December 16, 2010, at a meeting of the Presidium of the Interreligious Council of Russia in Moscow, he stated: “If the indigenous population does not want to work, after receiving their salary, they disappear for 15-20 days, and during this time the machines stand still, it is impossible to produce anything with these workers.” According to him, Russia is forced to invite migrants: “They don’t drink, they are disciplined, hardworking; If they receive a salary, they send it home to feed their families.”

Ravil Gainutdinov and Vladimir Putin at the ceremony of presenting State awards and titles in the Kremlin on May 21, 2015.
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (March 23, 2015) - for great contribution to strengthening interethnic and interfaith peace and harmony in society
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (August 11, 2009) - for great contribution to the development of spiritual culture and strengthening friendship between peoples
Order of Honor (January 15, 2004) - for his great contribution to strengthening civil peace and interfaith cooperation
Order of Friendship (1997)
Medal “10 years of Astana” (Kazakhstan)
Medal “20 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (Kazakhstan, 2012)
Gold medal “For peacekeeping and charitable activities” (2011) - for active work in the spiritual revival of Russia, great contribution to the development of peacekeeping and interfaith dialogue.

Predecessor: Himself, as Chairman of the Presidium of DUMTsER January 29, 1994 - December 9, 1998 Successor: Himself, as Chairman of the Presidium of DUMER Birth name: Ravil Ismagilovich Gainutdinov Original name
at birth: Ravil Ismagyl ul Gaynetdinev Birth: 25-th of August(1959-08-25 ) (59 years old)
village Shali, Pestrechinsky district, Tatar ASSR, RSFSR, USSR Awards:

Biography

Ravil Ismagilovich was born on August 25, in the village. Shali, Pestrechinsky district of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in a Tatar family.

He worked as an assistant director at Kazan Television. In 1979 he entered the Mir Arab madrasah in Bukhara (Uzbekistan), after graduation he became the first imam-khatib of the second Kazan cathedral mosque “Nur Islam”. In 1985, he was appointed executive secretary of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European part of the USSR and Siberia in Ufa. In 1987 he became the imam-khatib of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, in 1988 - the main imam-khatib. In 1991, he was elected president of the Islamic Center of Moscow and the Moscow Region.

Married, father of two daughters.

Professor of the Moscow Islamic University, International Slavic Academy, International Academy of Informatization, Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation.

Views and statements

Awards

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (March 23, 2015) - for his great contribution to strengthening interethnic and interfaith peace and harmony in society
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (August 11, 2009) - for his great contribution to the development of spiritual culture and strengthening friendship between peoples
Order of Honor (January 15, 2004) - for his great contribution to strengthening civil peace and interfaith cooperation
Order of Friendship (October 6, 1997) - for his great contribution to strengthening the economy, development of the social sphere and in connection with the 850th anniversary of the founding of Moscow
Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (August 23, 1999) - for his great contribution to the establishment of peace and harmony in society
Order of the Star of Jerusalem (Palestinian National Authority, 2015).
Medal “10 years of Astana” (Kazakhstan)
Medal “20 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (Kazakhstan, )
Gold medal “For peacekeeping and charitable activities” (2011) - for active work on the spiritual revival of Russia, great contribution to the development of peacekeeping and interfaith dialogue .
Insignia “For impeccable service to the city of Moscow” XXV years (October 17, 2012) - for his great contribution to strengthening interfaith peace and harmony, many years of fruitful activity for the benefit of the city of Moscow
Gratitude from the Mayor of Moscow (August 24, 2009) - for his great contribution to strengthening interfaith peace and harmony in the city of Moscow and in connection with the 50th anniversary of his birth
Medal “For Valiant Labor” (Tatarstan, August 21, 2009)
Order of Merit (Ingushetia)

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Interfax September 24, 2009.
NEWSru September 24, 2009.
NEWSru September 29, 2009.
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(Russian) . Official website of the President of the Russian Federation (August 14, 2009). Retrieved August 14, 2009. .
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Silantiev R. A.// Independent newspaper . - 06/02/2015.

An excerpt characterizing Gainutdin, Ravil Ismagilovich

Count Orlov Denisov with the Cossacks (the most insignificant detachment of all the others) alone ended up in their place and at their time. This detachment stopped at the extreme edge of the forest, on the path from the village of Stromilova to Dmitrovskoye.
Before dawn, Count Orlov, who had dozed off, was awakened. They brought a defector from the French camp. This was a Polish non-commissioned officer of Poniatowski's corps. This non-commissioned officer explained in Polish that he had defected because he had been wronged in his service, that he should have been an officer long ago, that he was braver than everyone else and therefore abandoned them and wanted to punish them. He said that Murat was spending the night a mile away from them and that if they gave him a hundred men as an escort, he would take him alive. Count Orlov Denisov consulted with his comrades. The offer was too flattering to refuse. Everyone volunteered to go, everyone advised me to try. After many disputes and considerations, Major General Grekov with two Cossack regiments decided to go with a non-commissioned officer.
“Well, remember,” Count Orlov Denisov said to the non-commissioned officer, releasing him, “if you lied, I’ll have you hanged like a dog, but the truth is a hundred ducats.”
The non-commissioned officer with a decisive look did not answer these words, sat on horseback and rode off with Grekov, who had quickly gathered. They disappeared into the forest. Count Orlov, shaking from the freshness of the morning that was beginning to break, excited by what he had started on his own responsibility, having seen Grekov off, came out of the forest and began to look around the enemy camp, which was now visible deceptively in the light of the beginning of the morning and the dying fires. To the right of Count Orlov Denisov, along the open slope, our columns should have appeared. Count Orlov looked there; but despite the fact that they would have been noticeable from afar, these columns were not visible. In the French camp, as it seemed to Count Orlov Denisov, and especially according to his very vigilant adjutant, they began to stir.
“Oh, really, it’s late,” said Count Orlov, looking at the camp. Suddenly, as often happens, after the person we trust is no longer in front of his eyes, it suddenly became completely clear and obvious to him that the non-commissioned officer is a deceiver, that he lied and will only ruin the whole attack by the absence of these two regiments, whom he will lead God knows where. Is it possible to snatch the commander-in-chief from such a mass of troops?
“Really, he’s lying, this scoundrel,” said the count.
“We can turn it back,” said one of the retinue, who, like Count Orlov Denisov, felt distrust of the enterprise when he looked at the camp.
- A? Right?..what do you think, or leave it? Or not?
-Would you like to turn it back?
- Turn back, turn back! - Count Orlov suddenly said decisively, looking at his watch, “it will be late, it’s quite light.”
And the adjutant galloped through the forest after Grekov. When Grekov returned, Count Orlov Denisov, excited by this canceled attempt, and by the vain wait for the infantry columns, which still did not show up, and by the proximity of the enemy (all the people of his detachment felt the same), decided to attack.
He commanded in a whisper: “Sit down!” They distributed themselves, crossed themselves...
- With God blessing!
“Hurray!” - there was a rustle through the forest, and, one hundred after another, as if pouring out of a bag, the Cossacks flew cheerfully with their darts at the ready, across the stream to the camp.
One desperate, frightened cry from the first Frenchman who saw the Cossacks - and everyone in the camp, unclothed and sleepy, abandoned their cannons, rifles, horses and ran anywhere.
If the Cossacks had pursued the French, not paying attention to what was behind and around them, they would have taken Murat and everything that was there. The bosses wanted this. But it was impossible to move the Cossacks from their place when they got to the booty and prisoners. Nobody listened to the commands. One thousand five hundred prisoners, thirty-eight guns, banners and, most importantly for the Cossacks, horses, saddles, blankets and various items were immediately taken. All this had to be dealt with, the prisoners and guns had to be seized, the booty had to be divided, shouting, even fighting among themselves: the Cossacks did all this.
The French, no longer being pursued, began to gradually come to their senses, gathered in teams and began to shoot. Orlov Denisov expected all the columns and did not advance further.
Meanwhile, according to the disposition: “die erste Colonne marschiert” [the first column is coming (German)], etc., the infantry troops of the late columns, commanded by Bennigsen and controlled by Toll, set out as they should and, as always happens, arrived somewhere , but not where they were assigned. As always happens, people who had gone out cheerfully began to stop; Displeasure was heard, a sense of confusion was heard, and we moved somewhere back. The adjutants and generals who rode by shouted, got angry, quarreled, said that they were completely in the wrong place and were late, scolded someone, etc., and finally, everyone gave up and went off only to go somewhere else. “We’ll come somewhere!” And indeed, they came, but not to the right place, and some went there, but were so late that they came without any benefit, only to be shot at. Toll, who in this battle played the role of Weyrother at Austerlitz, diligently galloped from place to place and everywhere found everything topsy-turvy. So he galloped towards Baggovut’s corps in the forest, when it was already quite daylight, and this corps should have been there long ago, with Orlov Denisov. Excited, upset by the failure and believing that someone was to blame for this, Tol galloped up to the corps commander and sternly began to reproach him, saying that he should be shot for this. Baggovut, an old, militant, calm general, also exhausted by all the stops, confusions, contradictions, to the surprise of everyone, completely contrary to his character, flew into a rage and said unpleasant things to Tolya.
“I don’t want to take lessons from anyone, but I know how to die with my soldiers no worse than anyone else,” he said and went forward with one division.
Having entered the field under French shots, the excited and brave Baggovut, not realizing whether his entry into the matter now was useful or useless, and with one division, went straight and led his troops under the shots. Danger, cannonballs, bullets were exactly what he needed in his angry mood. One of the first bullets killed him, the next bullets killed many soldiers. And his division stood for some time under fire without benefit.

Meanwhile, another column was supposed to attack the French from the front, but Kutuzov was with this column. He knew well that nothing but confusion would come out of this battle that had begun against his will, and, as far as it was in his power, he held back the troops. He didn't move.
Kutuzov rode silently on his gray horse, lazily responding to proposals to attack.
“You’re all about attacking, but you don’t see that we don’t know how to do complex maneuvers,” he said to Miloradovich, who asked to go forward.
“They didn’t know how to take Murat alive in the morning and arrive at the place on time: now there’s nothing to do!” - he answered the other.
When Kutuzov was informed that in the rear of the French, where, according to the Cossacks’ reports, there had been no one before, there were now two battalions of Poles, he glanced back at Yermolov (he had not spoken to him since yesterday).
“They ask for an offensive, they propose various projects, but as soon as you get down to business, nothing is ready, and the forewarned enemy takes his own measures.”
Ermolov narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly when he heard these words. He realized that the storm had passed for him and that Kutuzov would limit himself to this hint.
“He’s having fun at my expense,” Ermolov said quietly, nudging Raevsky, who was standing next to him, with his knee.
Soon after this, Ermolov moved forward to Kutuzov and respectfully reported:
- Time has not been lost, your lordship, the enemy has not left. What if you order an attack? Otherwise the guards won’t even see the smoke.
Kutuzov said nothing, but when he was informed that Murat’s troops were retreating, he ordered an offensive; but every hundred steps he stopped for three quarters of an hour.
The whole battle consisted only in what Orlov Denisov’s Cossacks did; the rest of the troops only lost several hundred people in vain.
As a result of this battle, Kutuzov received a diamond badge, Bennigsen also received diamonds and a hundred thousand rubles, others, according to their ranks, also received a lot of pleasant things, and after this battle even new movements were made at headquarters.
“This is how we always do things, everything is topsy-turvy!” - Russian officers and generals said after the Tarutino battle, - exactly the same as they say now, making it feel like someone stupid is doing it this way, inside out, but we wouldn’t do it that way. But people who say this either do not know the matter they are talking about or are deliberately deceiving themselves. Every battle - Tarutino, Borodino, Austerlitz - is not carried out as its managers intended. This is an essential condition.
An innumerable number of free forces (for nowhere is a person freer than during a battle, where it is a matter of life and death) influences the direction of the battle, and this direction can never be known in advance and never coincides with the direction of any one force.
If many, simultaneously and variously directed forces act on some body, then the direction of movement of this body cannot coincide with any of the forces; and there will always be an average, shortest direction, what in mechanics is expressed by the diagonal of a parallelogram of forces.
If in the descriptions of historians, especially French ones, we find that their wars and battles are carried out according to a certain plan in advance, then the only conclusion that we can draw from this is that these descriptions are not true.
The Tarutino battle, obviously, did not achieve the goal that Tol had in mind: in order to bring troops into action according to disposition, and the one that Count Orlov could have had; to capture Murat, or the goals of instantly exterminating the entire corps, which Bennigsen and other persons could have, or the goals of an officer who wanted to get involved and distinguish himself, or a Cossack who wanted to acquire more booty than he acquired, etc. But , if the goal was what actually happened, and what was a common desire for all Russian people then (the expulsion of the French from Russia and the extermination of their army), then it will be completely clear that the Tarutino battle, precisely because of its inconsistencies, was the same , which was needed during that period of the campaign. It is difficult and impossible to imagine any outcome of this battle that would be more expedient than the one it had. With the least tension, with the greatest confusion and with the most insignificant loss, the greatest results of the entire campaign were achieved, the transition from retreat to offensive was made, the weakness of the French was exposed and the impetus that Napoleon’s army had only been waiting for to begin their flight was given.

Mufti of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of European Russia (DUMER), Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia, 1st Imam-Khatib of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque.

Born on August 25, 1959 in the village of Shali, Tatar AS, Tatar. father worked in the regional consumer union system, mother was a seamstress,

Graduated with honors from the Kazan Theater School. He has a higher spiritual education (he studied at the Mir-Arab madrasah in Bukhara, which he entered in 1979 and graduated in 1984). Graduated in absentia from the Faculty of Directing at the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography. In 2001 he graduated from the Academy of Civil Service (2001). Candidate of Philosophical Sciences.

Until 1979, he worked at Kazan television, including as a production editor of information programs.

After the madrasah, he served as the first imam-khatib in the Second Kazan Nur Islam Mosque.

In 1985 he was transferred to Ufa to the Spiritual Administration of Muslims to the Supreme Mufti, Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European Part of the USSR and Siberia (DUMES, centered in Ufa). He worked as an assistant to the mufti on organizational issues.

Since 1986 - executive secretary of DUMES.

In November 1987 he was transferred to Moscow; in 1987-88 - third, then second imam-khatib of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque.

Since 1987 - Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Moscow City Voluntary Society of Tatar Culture "Tugan Tel".

In the summer of 1988, he was elected the first imam-khatib of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque.

In April 1991, with the support of the Saudi Arabian Embassy, he created the Islamic Cultural Center at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque; elected president of the Islamic Cultural Center (ICC).

In 1992, during R. Gainutdin’s trip to Helsinki, the general director of the ICC, Abdul-Wahed Niyazov Niyazov, tried to carry out a coup in the Moscow Muftiate. After R. Gainutdin returned, he expelled A.-V. Niyazov and his supporters from the Cathedral Mosque and created a new Ilam cultural center at the mosque.

In December 1991, he accompanied Vice President of the Russian Federation Alexander Rutsky during a trip to Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan for negotiations with the leadership of the Mujahideen on the release of captured Russian citizens.

He was an opponent of the creation of the Supreme Coordination Council of the Spiritual Administrations of Muslims of Russia (VCC SAMR), which in 1992 included the Kazan Mufti Gabdulla Galliullin, the Mufti of Bashkiria Nurmuhammed Nigmatullin, the Saratov imam M. Bibarsov, Nafigulla Ashirov and A.-V. Niyazov, who separated from the DUMES.

At the beginning of November 1992, by the decision of the VI Extraordinary Congress of Muslims, DUMES was renamed the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims (CDUM) of Russia and the European CIS countries, T. Tajutdin was appointed Supreme Mufti of the CDUM.

In December 1993, R. Gainutdin proclaimed the creation of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Central European Region (DUMTSER) of Russia (initially as part of the CDUM), which included Muslim parishes of the Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Tver regions, as well as the Stavropol and Krasnodar Territories; became imam-mukhtasib (leader) of DUMTSER. At the founding Majlis in Jan. 1994 elected Imam-Muhtasib (Mufti), Chairman of the DUMTsER.

In 1993-94 he created the Higher Islamic College in Moscow (began work in 1994).

In March 1994, he made a statement regarding accusations against A.V. Niyazov of homosexuality and his attitude towards the ICC at the Cathedral Mosque (“... for repeated violations of the Charter, as well as for exceeding his powers and actions that led to a split Muslim community not only in Moscow, but also in Russia, A. Niyazov was removed from his post. From that time on, his activities in this post ceased and were not recognized either by me or by the Council of the ICC, which was formed by the Moscow Cathedral Mosque. We believe that the violation their high demands of Muslim morality, which led to such disastrous consequences, do not give Mr. A. Niyazov the right to continue speaking on behalf of Muslims and Muslim organizations of the capital and, moreover, of Russia."(www.flb.ru/Nyjas/abdul.html//) .

He often accompanied Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev on his trips to the countries of the Islamic world: Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iran, Turkey.

In September 1994, the Supreme Mufti T. Tajutdin attempted to remove R. Gainutdin from the leadership of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque immediately at the time of Gainutdin’s sermon. As a result, at the Friday prayer on September 23, 1994, the presidium of the DUMTsER made a “unanimous decision on the canonical withdrawal of the DUMTsER from the composition of the Central Spiritual Spiritual Directorate.”

DUMTsER established connections with the All-Russian Cultural Center of the DUMR, but did not become a member of it.

At the Congress of Muslims of Russia and European CIS countries organized by T. Tadzhutdin on January 17, 1995 in Ufa, R. Gainutdin was declared removed from his duties as a clergyman “for supporting the schismatic actions of Arab organizations, for violating the canons of traditional Islam.”

During the 1996 presidential election campaign, he held a one-day international conference “Islam and Democracy” (with the participation of diplomats from Arab countries) within the walls of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque. The speakers agreed that these concepts do not contradict each other and thus spoke “for Yeltsin.”

In July 1996, on the initiative of R. Gainutdin, the Council of Muftis of Russia was created, of which he was elected chairman.

In December 1998, he supported the initiative of the Moscow Patriarchate to create the Interreligious Council of Russia (IRC), which included the DECR MP, the IMR, the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia and the Congress of Jewish Religious Associations of Russia (KEROR). Co-chairman of the Interreligious Council of Russia.

On January 18, 1999, he renamed the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Central European Region (DUMTSER) of Russia into the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of European Russia (DUMER).

On March 16, 2000, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he presented him with a dagger, noting that according to Muslim customs, such a gift is a sign of the highest respect for the interlocutor.

On March 22, 2000, at the fourth meeting, the ICJ came into conflict with T. Tajutdin, who had been invited to the ICJ, and left the meeting with a scandal.

In September 2001, he signed an open letter to deputies of the State Council of Tatarstan from Tatars living outside the republic, asking them to refuse to transfer the national script from Cyrillic to Latin (Rossiyskaya Gazeta, September 14, 2001).

In October 2001, he called on government authorities to provide assistance in solving the problems of Muslims. According to Gainutdin, the threat of the emergence of radical sentiments among the Muslim part of the population in Russia is very real. The point is that over the past ten years, many young people from among the believers, not having the opportunity to receive religious education in Russia, have gone and continue to go to Islamic countries to study. “After studying in these countries for seven to eight years, young people come to Russia, where they will begin to demand for our Muslims the same living conditions that exist in purely Muslim countries, and such cases have already happened.” Gainutdin expressed the conviction that it is the state that should provide Muslims with support, including financial support, and allocate buildings for the creation of Islamic institutes and universities so that young Muslims can study in Russia. (NG, October 6, 2001)

In April 2003, in response to Talgat Tajuddin's call for a declaration of jihad by the United States in connection with aggression in Iraq, Gainutdin said that the declaration of jihad "has no theological, legal or moral force" and therefore cannot be implemented. (Vedomosti, April 15, 2003).

Member of the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President, co-chairman of the Interregional Council of Russia.

He believes that “Russian Muslims profess moderate Islam, which does not oppose the authorities” (Moskovsky Komsomolets, March 12, 2001). He stated that the 1997 Law “On Freedom of Conscience” completely suits him.

Member of the Council for Interaction of Religious Organizations under the President of Russia.

Maintains good relations with a number of Arab foundations (including the Saudi Arabian Ibrahim al-Ibrahim Foundation), as well as, according to some reports, with sponsors from Turkey. Relies on the support of some enterprises created in Russia by Tatar entrepreneurs. Sheikh. Member of the Executive Committee of the World Tatar Congress.

Awarded the Orders of Friendship and Honor.

Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin – Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia, Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European Part of Russia. Ravil Gainutdin (Gainutdinov Ravil Ismagilovich) was born on August 25, 1959 in Tatarstan.

In 1985, he was elected executive secretary of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European Part of the USSR and Siberia in Ufa. In 1987, Ravil Gainutdin was approved for the post of imam-khatib of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, and already in 1988 he became the main imam-khatib - rector of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque. In 1991, Ravil Gainutdin was elected President of the Islamic Center of Moscow and the Moscow Region. In 1994, at the founding Mejlis of Muslim religious associations and communities of the European part of Russia, Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin was elected Mufti, as well as Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Central European Region, transformed in 1998 into the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European Part of Russia. In 1996, at the 1st Majlis of the leaders of the Spiritual Administrations of Muslims of Russia, Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin was elected Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia.

Mufti Ravil Gainutdin participated in many International forums and conferences, represented Muslims of the Russian Federation in Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Italy, USA, Malaysia, etc. As part of official government delegations of the Russian Federation, he took part in interstate negotiations and personal meetings with top leadership of Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Azerbaijan. Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin Candidate of Philosophy, author of many scientific works on Muslim theology, Muslim dogma and law. He is a professor at the Moscow Higher Theological Islamic College, an academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Eurasia, the International Slavic Academy of Science, Education, Culture and Religion, and the International Academy of Informatization.

Mufti Ravil Gainutdin is a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Mufti Ravil Gainutdin is a member of the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation, a member of the Presidium and Co-Chairman of the Interreligious Council of Russia. In his sermons and daily religious activities, Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin consistently defends the ideas of civilized interfaith dialogue and fraternal cooperation between all peoples, and takes an active peacekeeping position for the establishment of civil peace and harmony in society. He is a signatory to the Treaty “On Public Harmony” proposed by the President of the Russian Federation.

In 1997, under the patronage of Moscow Mayor Yu.M. Luzhkov and Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin, construction was completed in Moscow on Poklonnaya Hill of the Shuhada Memorial Mosque (Memory) in honor of the fallen Muslim soldiers in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. , which became a significant milestone in the spiritual and cultural life of Russian Muslims and one of the pearls of the capital’s religious architecture. In 1998, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin became one of the main founders of the Interreligious Council of Russia, which included all the Heads of traditional faiths of the Russian Federation. He is one of the initiators and Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Second Peacemaking Forum on the interaction of traditional religions and cultures, which will take place in Moscow on March 2-3, 2004 at the St. Daniel Monastery and is held with the benevolent participation of Patriarch of All Rus' Alexy II on the initiative of the Interreligious Council of Russia , Heads of religious denominations of the CIS countries. Mufti Ravil Gainutdin is the author of the conceptual idea for the development and the leader of the creative team of scientists who created the fundamental work - “Basic provisions of the social program of Russian Muslims”, which became the basic program for the relationship of Muslims with society and the secular state on a number of important social problems, which was published in 2001 and immediately received the most positive response and approval not only among the Russian public, but also abroad.

Mufti Ravil Gainutdin for his great contribution to strengthening interfaith peace and harmony, national unity and spiritual revival of the peoples of our country was awarded state awards of the Russian Federation, including: the Order of Friendship (1997), the Order of Honor (2004), as well as a state award Republic of Kazakhstan: Jubilee medal “10 years of the city of Astana”, Order of the Republic of Ingushetia “For Merit”, in 2006 awarded the honorary badge “Public Recognition” - for strengthening interfaith peace, in February 2007, the Gold Medal of the Russian Peace Foundation in March 2008, the highest the public award “Pride of Russia”, in August 2009 the award of the Union of Public Associations “Russian Nation” and the national public Order “Russian Nation. and a number of other public awards.

Gratitude from the Mayor of Moscow “For his great contribution to strengthening interfaith peace and harmony. August 2009

On August 11, 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree awarding the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, IV degree, to the Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia, Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the European Part of Russia, Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin.

August 21, 2009 Decree of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan No. UP 443 Medal of the Republic of Tatarstan “For Valiant Labor”. Studied at the Shali rural Tatar school, completed secondary education at a school in Kazan. In 1979, Ravil Gainutdinov entered the world-famous Islamic madrasah "Mir-Arab" in Bukhara. As an external student, he completed the seven-year course of this madrasah with honors in 4 years and was appointed the first imam-khatib of the Kazan Cathedral Mosque "Nur Islam".