12 January 2015. A Photo Essay. Islam in Russia: An Integral Part of the Rodina

The Friendship of the Peoples was no joke!

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Muslims pray at a mosque in St Petersburg (Federal City of St Petersburg. Northwestern Federal District) RF to celebrate Kurban-Bayram (Eid al-Adha/Feast of the Sacrifice).

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Roza Yevloyeva, in an interview at her house in Ali-Yurt (Nazran Raion. Republic of Ingushetiya. North Caucasian Federal District) RF, said, “I’m very sorry and sad”. Her son, 20-year-old Magomed Yevloyev, detonated explosives strapped to his body at Domodedeovo Airport in Moscow on 24 January 2011. The blast killed 36 people. Not even the relatives of the bombers want terror… a fact overlooked by Fox News.

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A scene from K A Karaev‘s ballet The Seven Beauties, presented by the State Theatre of Azerbaijan on the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow (Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF.

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More than 90,000 Muslims prayed namaz in Moscow to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.

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Laser show on City Day in Grozny, capital of the Russian federal subject Chechen Republic (North Caucasian Federal District).

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Never give up! Players from local football club Laman Az, made up of landmine victims, practise in a sports hall in the Chechen Republic capital of Grozny. According to data from UNICEF Russia, more than 3,000 mine accidents occurred in Chechnya since 1994.

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Muslims pray to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, in Moscow.

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Muslims praying outside the Cathedral Mosque during Eid al-Adha, also known as Feast of the Sacrifice in St Petersburg.

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Participants compete during the Mud Race in Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan. Volga Federal District) RF.

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E R Abdrazakova from Mezhdurechensk (Kemerevo Oblast. Siberian Federal District) RF waves after winning the annual national “Miss Russia” beauty pageant at the Barvikha Luxury Village Concert Hall outside Moscow in 2013. She represented Russia at the “Miss World” and “Miss Universe” beauty pageants that year. Many Muslims of the Bashkir nationality are natives of the Siberian region (Elmira Rafailovna is of Tatar background through her father).

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A F  Mustafina prepares to compete on the uneven bars in the women’s individual artistic gymnastics qualification of the European Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships in Moscow. Many consider her one of the best female gymnasts of all time.

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Thousands of believers take part in morning prayers to celebrate the first day of Eid-al-Fitr in Moscow. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.

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Participants of a cooking show in Kazan holding a record-length shashlyk, 180.9 metres (594 feet) long! Where’s the beef?

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Gymnast E N Garibov trains at the sports camp at Lake Krugloe, before the World Championships.

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Muslims pray outside Moscow’s main mosque during celebrations of Eid al-Adha, a feast celebrated by Muslims worldwide. Russian Muslims call it Kurban-Bayram. About 4,000 police, VV MVD troops, and civilian volunteers ensured security during Eid celebration events.

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Family members comfort a bride in the parental house during preparations for a wedding in Achkhoi-Martan (Achkhoi-Martan Raion), near Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic.

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Girl in national costume during the celebration of the Tatar-Bashkir holiday Sabantui in Chelyabinsk Oblast (Ural Federal District) RF.

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Muslims attend Eid al-Adha prayer in Moscow. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj pilgrimage by slaughtering sheep, goats, camels, and cows to commemorate Prophet Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God’s command.

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These are images pulled from Russia Behind the Headlines… they show that Islam and Russia live in harmony… quite unlike the horrid vacuous lies about “Muslim terrorism” circulated by American “conservatives”… a hateful and hate-filled scurvy lot, if there ever was such. Islam in Russia… religious… cultured… fun-loving… sporting… nothing like what Ted Cruz says that Islam is! If I had to choose between a Muslim Tatar or a Southern Baptist/Mormon sectarian as a neighbour, I’d choose the former… they’d be more decent, more considerate, more stand-up, and certainly less intrusive.

ALL of the peoples… or NONE of the peoples… accept them all or go home. The friendship of the peoples IS no joke…

BMD

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2 October 2014. REAL Muslims DISOWN ISIS. Here’s the Real Deal…

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Russians of all faiths mourned the dead of the Bulgariya together… these Muslims are the real followers of the Prophet… not the ISIS murderers. Get a grip and a get a life…

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Millions of Muslims around the world hate the impression peddled in some quarters about their religion, and I can understand why. You see descriptions of Muslims as blood-drinking terrorists, intent on murdering Christians on sight. That’s simply not true. I like to recall that when a Volga passenger vessel went down a few years ago, there were THREE memorial services… one at the Orthodox cathedral, one at the main mosque in town, and a secular ceremony held at the main pier. Now, that’s the ticket! Everybody went to everybody else’s ceremony… and showed RESPECT. Now, that’s the RUSSIAN way… the way of Holy Rus… as Tsar St Nikolai showed in his actions (he learned some Arabic to show proper honour to the fact that this was the faith of many of his subjects… yes, he visited mosques, and showed proper respect when he was there). This is how we should act, too.

#NotInMyName…

I’m on your side, guys. Keep the faith…

BMD

Eid al-Adha Celebrations: Putin Lauds Tighter Ties Between State and Muslims in Holiday Speech

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President Vladimir Putin greeted Russian Muslims at the start of Eid al-Adha (a religious holiday better known in Russia as Kurban Bayram). In his Tuesday address, Putin said, “This holiday, which marks the end of the Muslim pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, is an integral part of a rich spiritual legacy that belongs to our multinational community. It has a profound moral sense and conveys joy; it reinforces people’s faith and spirituality. Islam is based on eternal values of compassion and justice, on mercy and love for your neighbour”. Putin said that he was glad to see Russian Muslims coming up with more initiatives in the cultural and educational spheres. He emphasised that the state paid much attention to beefing up ties with Russian Muslims by facilitating dialogue between them and other confessions.

15 October 2013

Voice of Russia World Service

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_10_15/Putin-lauds-tighter-ties-between-state-and-Muslim-community-in-holiday-speech-1712/#246568313

Editor’s Note:

You can stand with Vladimir Vladimirovich or you can stand with the usual cast of suspects who ape sectarian hatred of Muslims. I stand with VVP… proudly, without pretence, and without equivocation. God requires this of us… we must oppose the haters… we shouldn’t rest or relax our vigiliance until we drive them out or shut them up. That’s what REAL Christians do…

BMD

Execution of Catholic Monks in Syria should Prompt Healthy Elements to Ruthlessly Oppose Wahhabis

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Roman Silantyev, a well-known scholar, MGLU professor, and expert on Islam said that the murder of Catholic priests in Syria should prompt healthy countries to root out the Wahhabis. On Tuesday, he told Interfax-Religion, “Wahhabi atrocities in Syria show the world the essence of this hateful ideology”, in comments on an internet video showing the massacre by Syrian opposition fighters of Franciscans (Fr François Murat and his assistants). Silantyev remarked that the murder of Christian and Muslim clerics in Syria “defy the entire civilised world, so, it’s time to unite and work together to destroy this cancer. We must destroy Wahhabism and Wahhabis without mercy, wherever they may be; we must deal with them no matter where they are. At different times in history, only total eradication [of the sect involved] solved the problem of religious terrorism. For instance, we saw the destruction of two sects… the Islamic Assassins in the declining Fatimid Empire and the Thugs in India (bandits who dedicated themselves to the service of Kali, goddess of death, devastation, sexuality, and wanton power)”.

2 July 2013

Interfax-Religion

http://interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=51798

Editor’s Note:

Let’s get this straight… Wahhabis are only a small minority of Muslims. That’s to say that your Muslim neighbour down the street isn’t one… be kind to them. The Christian view is that Jews and Muslims are believers in the One God, and that’s that. They aren’t going to hurt you… trust me, they hate terrorism as much as you and I do. Give ’em a break and cut ’em some slack… not only is it “the right thing to do”, y’ know, “what goes around, comes around”. Decency is Job One… you can’t have Holiness without it…

BMD