New mufti of Tatarstan elected

On April 17, 2013, the congress of Muslims of Tatarstan elected a new mufti. They became 28-year-old Kamil Samigullin, the former imam-khatybo of the Kazan mosque "Tynychlyk", deputy mufti for scientific work. retired After Ildus Faizov , who left the post for health reasons, K. Samigullin performed duties of the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic.

Other candidates for the post of chairman of the DUM were 44-year-old Farid Salman, head of the Moscow office of the Central Spiritual Department of Muslims of Russia and the 86-year-old imam of the mosque at the cultural center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Kharis Salikhdzhan, colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the reserve.

Sources

• 28-year-old Kamil Samigullin elected new mufti of Tatarstan // Interfax-religion. 2013. April 17.
• Muslims of Tatarstan will elect the Mufti of the Republic // News. 2013. April 17.