Islam.Ru is a Russian-language web portal dedicated to highlighting the provisions of Islam and its social and cultural role. Islam.ru is one of the largest Islamic sites in Runet.[1][2][3][4] From 2000 to 2011, the website had about 15 thematic sections, including news, analytical, religious, environment, women and family, culture and Sufism.

islam.ru
Type of site
Web portal
Available in2 languages
List of languages
Russian, English
Country of originRussia
URLwww.islam.ru
CommercialNo
RegistrationNot required
Launched2001
Current statusOnline

The website publishes news, articles, religious texts (in particular, the texts of prayers), there is a heading "Online Consultation", through which psychological, legal and theological consultation is provided. The website materials are used and cited by the Russian media.[5][6][7][8][9][10] The web portal has its own accounts in all popular social networks through which feedback from readers is received.

History

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The website was established in 2001 by Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Dagestan with the participation of a number of Foundations.[11][12] According to the "Caucasian Knot", it was financed by Dagestani businessman Abusupyan Kharkharov.[12] The first chief editor of the site was Marat Sayfutdinov.[12]

The site currently has 13 sections. There is also a full-fledged English version of the site, which was developed and launched under the leadership of the then editor-in-chief Aina Patimat Gamzatova.

From 2001 to 2011 the deputy chief editor and head of the information and analytical department of the publication was Mukhametov, Rinat Midikhatovich.[13]

In February 2011, the website was redesigned. Murad Osmanov, an employee of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Dagestan (DUMD), became the director of the website and the website headquarters moved to Dagestan.[14] Murad Osmanov died together with Sheikh Said afandi of Chirkey August 28, 2012. Since 2011 the chief editor was Gamzatova, Aina Zairbekovna. On March 5, 2018, Magomedov Magomed Yusupovich was appointed editor-in-chief.[15]

Notes

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  1. ^ Malashenko 2007, p. 140.
  2. ^ Dzhabrailov 2013, p. 67.
  3. ^ Krymin & Engelhardt 2003, p. 113.
  4. ^ Iskhahov 2012, p. 44.
  5. ^ "В Нижнем Новгороде мусульмане изберут российский Совет улемов". ИА REGNUM. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "Исламский культуролог присоединяется к иску армян Санкт-Петербурга". ИА REGNUM. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "Интерфакс-Религия: Представитель Совета муфтиев России обвиняет "чиновников-исламофобов" в попытке отобрать у него молельные дома". www.interfax-religion.ru. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  8. ^ "REGIONS.RU — новости Федерации | В Свердловской области мусульманам передали в собственность молитвенный дом". regions.ru. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  9. ^ "Глава ДУМ Чечни: «Ответственность за убийство Пшихачева несут власти КБР". kp.ru. December 16, 2010. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  10. ^ "Мусульмане подрывают "Основы православной культуры"". www.kommersant.ru. August 20, 2007. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  11. ^ Silantyev 2008, p. 110.
  12. ^ a b c Kavkazskiy Knot. "Независимый исламский информационный канал – www.islam.ru". Kavkazskiy Knot. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  13. ^ Forums of Russian Muslims on the Threshold of the New Millennium. Issue. 3. N. Novgorod: Publishing House of the Nizhny Novgorod Islamic Madrasah "Mahinur", 2008. – P. 164
  14. ^ "Управление ведущим исламским интернет-ресурсом перешло в Дагестан". ИА REGNUM (in Russian). Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  15. ^ "Magomed Magomedov appointed Editor-in-Chief of islam.ru". March 5, 2018. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2022.

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