TsDUM is not going to leave the MSR

The Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims has denied information about a possible withdrawal from the Interreligious Council of Russia. In a statement, the head of the Council of Ulema of the Central Muslim Spiritual Directorate, Mufti Farid Salman, said that the MSR “remains a powerful means of beneficial influence on the minds of believers in Russia,” and the leadership of the Central Muslim Spiritual Directorate is “a full participant in interreligious dialogue, a guarantor of interfaith harmony, cooperation and collaboration.”

On December 9, the chairman of the Central Muslim Spiritual Directorate, Talgat Tadzhuddin, confirmed that the Central Muslim Spiritual Directorate does not intend to leave the MSD. “There was no talk about leaving and there won’t be. If we leave, who will be there?” - said the mufti.

Sources

• Statement of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia in connection with the situation in the Interreligious Council of Russia // Interfax-religion. 2005. December 7.
• There has not been and will not be any talk about the withdrawal of the Central Muslim Spiritual Movement from the Interreligious Council of Russia - Mufti Tadzhuddin // Ibid. 9th December.