In 2022, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) found that 68% of Russians identified Orthodox Christians, 1% were Protestants, 6% were Muslims, 4% belonged to other religions, 20% had no religion in particular and 1% were unsure about their belief. Although history of Islam religion in India dates back to 12th century, the nation is currently home to over 10% of the world's Muslim population. Most of them work in the construction, cleaning and in the household industries. by Daniel Pipes. According to US Department of State in 2017,[3] Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population. The Muslim population in Europe is about 50 million today going to 60 million by 2030, forming 8% of Europe's population (excluding Turkey). ", "The North Caucasus Bilingualism and Language Identity", "Usage statistics of content languages for websites", Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, "Linguistic rights and education in the republics of the Russian Federation: towards unity through uniformity", "Linguistic Diversity In Russia Is A Threat To Sovereignty Or A Condition Of Cohesion? Hunter, Shireen. They came to a city that is currently known as Derbent, it is in Southern Dagestan. We keep ignoring this problem at our own peril. Major Islamic communities are concentrated among the minority nationalities residing between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea: the Adyghs, Balkars, Bashkirs, Chechens, Cherkess, Ingush, Kabardins, Karachay, and numerous Dagestani nationalities. There are also about 20,000 to 32,000 Druze living mostly in the north of Jordan, even though most Druze no longer consider themselves Muslim. [14] In 2020, the total fertility rate across Russia was estimated to be 1.5 children born per woman,[15] which is below the replacement rate of 2.1 and about equal to the European average. [68], Russia is a multinational state, with many subnational entities associated with different minorities. In Dagestan there are number of Islamic universities and madrassas, notable among them are: Dagestan Islamic University, Institute of Theology and International Relations, whose rector Maksud Sadikov was assassinated on 8 June 2011.[52]. The Russian Muslim Spiritual Administration's advisory council pointed to absolutely different worldviews, cultures and education.. Numerous callers to radio talk shows said all people from the Caucasus should be deported from Moscow. United Ummah: We do not divide Muslims into Shias and Sunnis, for us they are all members of the United Muslim Ummah [community], Gaynetdin said. I dont consider them human. Azamatov, Danil D. (1998), "The Muftis of the Orenburg Spiritual Assembly in the 18th and 19th Centuries: The Struggle for Power in Russia's Muslim Institution", in Anke von Kugelgen; Michael Kemper; Allen J. Frank, Muslim culture in Russia and Central Asia from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, vol. About 10% or more than two million are Shia Muslims. The Tatars had tried to rally Muslim groups in the Soviet Union against Moscow with little success. In 1900 the Muslim population was 200 million, today they're about 2 billion, so in over a century they increased their population tenfold. In 2006, in a bid to compensate for the country's demographic decline, the Russian government started simplifying immigration laws and launched a state program "for providing assistance to voluntary immigration of ethnic Russians from former Soviet republics". Thus in UP, while the Muslim population is about 18%, the UP police has only about 2% Muslims. Followers of our Prophet Muhammad came to Russia 22 years after he left earthly life.. More recently, President Putin consolidated this trend, subsidizing the creation of mosques and Islamic education, which he called an "integral part of Russia's cultural code",[10] encouraging immigration from Muslim-majority former Soviet bloc states, and condemning the anti-Muslim hate speech, such as caricatures of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. There is also a high concentration of followers of Islam in the regions where Islamic states were located before the formation of a single Russian state; today, these regions are Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, the republics of the North Caucasus, the mufti said. Under the tsars, the Muslim clergy was brought within Russian bureaucratic structure and given salaries. Mosques and madrassas (Muslim schools) were closed down, turned into museums or run by puppet imams and muftis. Education is in Russian and Tatar. [54], Russia spent 5.32% of its GDP on healthcare in 2018. More than 58 peoples, nationalities and ethnic groups have historically practised Islam,Gaynetdinsaid. [84] The city's economy "could not manage without them," he said. ", "Total Fertility Rate around the world over the last centuries", ". . . Many Muslims also reside in Ul'yanovsk, Samara, Nizhniy Novgorod, Moscow, Perm', and Leningrad oblasts. Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov, an official in Russias Orthodox Church, agreed with Gainutdins forecast and predicted that there won't be any Russians left in 2050.. ", "Are Russia's 20 million Muslims seething about Putin bombing Syria? 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[43] Bashkirs had the military statute of 1874 applied to them. [83] The mayor of Moscow claims that four mosques are sufficient for the population. According to a comprehensive survey conducted in 2012, Muslims were 6.5% of Russia's population. The new amendments also ban giving away Russian territory, a possible reference to Crimea. [8] Asia [ edit] [67], At the end of the Second Chechen War, in 2005, Chechen rebel leader, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, decreed the formation of a Caucasus Front against Russia, among Islamic believers in the North Caucasus, in an attempt to widen Chechnya's conflict with Russia. Sudan (39,585,777) Even though the nations on the list above have the most Muslims, several smaller countries have a greater concentration of Muslims than the larger ones. [106] Regional authorities regulate education within their jurisdictions within the prevailing framework of federal laws. There are over 5,000 registered Muslim communities in Russia. 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They are shouted down in the streets with the call, Eh, Shamil!, a reference to the 19th century Chechen leader Shamil Basayev. By the mid-1990s, the putative Islamic threat was a standard justification for radical nationalist insistence that Russia regain control of its "near abroad". According to the report, the Christian population increased by 2% in 2021. According to a comprehensive survey conducted in 2012, Muslims were 6.5% of Russia's population. 19271959". Ravil Gaynutdin, head of the Council of Muftis of Russia, announced that Russia's population of 144 . Russia was the world's fifth-leading destination for international students in 2019, hosting roughly 300,000. [20], Note: Crude migration change (per 1000) is a trend analysis, an extrapolation [21], The total fertility rate is the number of children born to each woman. [Source: Library of Congress, July 1996 *], There is much evidence of official conciliation toward Islam in Russia in the 1990s. However, like Orthodoxy, Islam was suppressed during the Soviet Union, and many mosques were closed down during this time. . . . Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilov, L.A. [11], Muslims form a majority of the population of the republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan in the Volga Federal District and predominate among the nationalities in the North Caucasian Federal District located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea: the Circassians, Balkars, Chechens, Ingush, Kabardin, Karachay, and numerous Dagestani peoples. Sufi rituals, practiced to give the Chechens spiritual strength to resist foreign oppression, became legendary among Russian troops fighting the Chechens during tsarist times. [102], Russia has an adult literacy rate of 100%. Among the top 500 volleyball players in the world, she is training to help Egypt's beach volleyball team qualify for a second time in the 2024 Olympics, with new teammate Farida El Askalany. 14. [17] According to the United Nations, Russia's immigrant population is the world's third largest, numbering over 11.6 million; most of whom are from other post-Soviet states. Muslims will make up 30 percent of Russia's population by 2034, the country's grand mufti said Monday. . [40] Mounted Kalmyks and Bashkirs numbering 100 were available to Russian commandants during the war against Napoleon. [97][98] There is some presence of Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism; pagan beliefs are also present to some extent in remote areas, sometimes syncretized with one of the mainstream religions. According to experts, Russias [Muslim] population will increase to 30 percent in a decade and a half, said Ravil Gainutdin, the chairman of the Council of Muftis, a religious group representing Russias Muslim community. [13] However, since 2020, due to excess deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's population has undergone its largest peacetime decline in recorded history. Thus, combatting Islamophobia is sacrosanct. Muslims accused of having Wahabbi sympathies have had he mosques raided and religious material, including Korans, confiscated. A leader of a nationalist group told the Washington Post, They dont wash themselves, they dont clean up, they sleep 10 to 15 in a small room. One migrant from the south told Newsweek, "When the police see our dark skin, they stop us and fine us for not having a residence permit. [33] In August 2012, as the country saw its first demographic growth since the 1990s, President Putin declared that Russia's population could reach 146 million by 2025, mainly as a result of immigration. Animosity towards them has been extrapolated to other peoples of the Caucasus, even Christians, who are also reviled. The total Land Area of Russia is 16,377,742 sq. says UK population data for 2021 (Representational image) . Hence in communal riots the police, which is 98% . So the politicians see the Muslimswe are poor, we have no power. The response of violent mortality to economic crisis in Russia. Percentage of Muslims in Russia by region: According to the 2010 Russian census, Moscow has less than 300,000 permanent residents of Muslim background, while some estimates suggest that Moscow has around 1 million Muslim residents and up to 1.5 million more Muslim migrant workers. The current population of the Russian Federation is 146,093,083 as of Tuesday, January 17, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data. [13], Russia is a multinational state,[16] home to over 193 ethnic groups nationwide. This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been authorized by the copyright owner. The number of mosques in Russia increased from around 500 in the Soviet era to around 5,000 around 2000. Admission to an institute of higher education is selective and highly competitive:[105] first-degree courses usually take five years. Such material is made available in an effort to advance understanding of country or topic discussed in the article. In the respective areas they ruled, in both the North Caucasus and South Caucasus, Shia Islam and Sunni Islam spread, resulting in a fast and steady conversion of many more ethnic Caucasian peoples in adjacent territories. Saint Petersburg, Russia Population (2023) - Population Stat Saint Petersburg, Russia Population Population in Urban Area, now 5,521,095 World: 76th Europe: 6th Russia: 2nd Population in City Area, 2022-08-17 5,351,935 World: 43rd Europe: 3rd Russia: 2nd Saint Petersburg Urban Area Population Graph It used to be the Jews, now they have all gone to Israel. Only the old men know it. When guests from the Middle East visit Russia, they say ties within the Russian Ummah were exemplary, the Mufti explained. *, In 1995 the newly established Union of Muslims of Russia, led by Imam Khatyb Mukaddas of Tatarstan, began organizing a movement aimed at improving interethnic understanding and ending Russians' lingering conception of Islam as an extremist religion. In a 2007 interview, Damir Gizatullin, from the Council of Muftis, discounted the rise of hostile nationalist sentiment. added that spirituality was still the need of the population in light of the increasing cost of living and the Ukraine-Russia conflict. [101] Buddhists are home to a sizeable population in three Siberian republics: Buryatia, Tuva, Zabaykalsky Krai, and in Kalmykia; the only region in Europe where Buddhism is the most practised religion. [11] Subsequently, the nation has an ageing population, with the median age of the country being 40.3 years. [65] Aslan Maskhadov's government was unable to rebuild the region or to prevent a number of warlords from taking effective control. Muslims are followers of the religion Islam, who believe in and live by the teachings of the prophet Muhammad. Muslims in India - With over 209 million followers (2021), Islam is the second-largest religion in India after Hinduism. [112], Moscow, the capital and largest city of Russia, Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital and the second-largest city. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit. Given the demographic changes, Muslims will represent one third (the downward estimate) and half (the upward estimate) of the Russian population . [78][79] This problem is evident even within Tatarstan itself, where Tatars constitute a majority. The Russian Criminal Code's article 'on the incitement of hatred or attacks on the dignity of a person, based on race, nationality, language or faith' can result in punishment in the form of . [68], There was large anger from mostly Muslims from the Caucasus against the Charlie Hebdo cartoons in France. Of these about 2 million are Azeris from Azerbaijan, 1 million are Kazakhs and several hundred thousand are Uzbeks, Tajiks and Kyrgyz. Patterns of violent crime in Russia. 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[115] Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely within Europe, the most populous urban area in Europe,[114] the most populous metropolitan area in Europe,[115] and also the largest city by land area on the European continent. The meeting's pan-Islamic complexion created concern in Moscow about the possible spread of radical Islam into Russia from the new Muslim states along the periphery of the former Soviet Union. In Russia, there are three federal centres and we believe that this is the best option for the management of Muslim religious affairs in Russia, the mufti said. [75] In 2010, at least 20,000 Russian Muslim pilgrims attended the Hajj, as Russian Muslim leaders sent letters to the King of Saudi Arabia requesting that the Saudi visa quota be raised to at least 25,00028,000 visas for Muslims. *, The Islamic Cultural Center of Russia, which includes a medrese (religious school), opened in Moscow in 1991. Vol. Putin has called for tolerance and stated that Islam is a peaceful religion but at same time he has characterized the war in Chechnya as battle between Christians and Muslims and has said, If you are a Christian you are in danger.. [80], A survey published in 2019 by the Pew Research Center found that 76% of Russians had a favourable view of Muslims in their country, whereas 19% had an unfavourable view.[81]. [72] Various distinct ethnic groups also inhabit the North Caucasus. In the 2021 census, there were 3.9 million Muslims (6.5%): an increase of 44% in just ten years. In the 1990s, the number of Islamic publications has increased. [13], In the mid-7th century AD, as part of the Muslim conquest of Persia, Islam was introduced to the Caucasus region, parts of which were later permanently incorporated by Russia. Chechens are arguably the most hated people in Russia. [100], Islam is the second-largest religion in Russia, and it is the traditional religion amongst most peoples of the North Caucasus, and amongst some Turkic peoples scattered along the Volga-Ural region. A separate private health insurance plan is needed to access private healthcare in Russia. Global Muslim Population A report by Pew Research claims there are 1.8 billion muslims in the world and that's set to rise to around 3 billion by 2060. Police routinely stop people suspected as being from the Caucasus on the streets and extract a bride even when all their papers are in order. [14] The first people to become Muslims within current Russian territory, the Dagestani people (region of Derbent), converted after the Arab conquest of the region in the 8th century. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. [77], For centuries, the Tatars constituted the only Muslim ethnic group in European Russia, with Tatar language being the only language used in their mosques, a situation which saw rapid change over the course of the 20th century as a large number of Caucasian and Central Asian Muslims migrated to central Russian cities and began attending Tatar-speaking mosques, generating pressure on the imams of such mosques to begin using Russian. He also informed the students about the events that took place in the regions on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary of the adoption of Islam by the Volga Bulgaria. [41] Kalmyks and Bashkirs served in the Russian army in France. [61] Tatar Muslims are engaging in a revival under Putin. Its too late, he told the Govorit Moskva radio station when asked if the demographic trend could be reversed. "This is not true of Muslim-majority countries . [116] Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital, is the second-largest city, with a population of roughly 5.4 million inhabitants. [2], From 1992 to 2012, and again since 2016, Russia's death rate has exceeded its birth rate, which has been called a demographic crisis by analysts. In March 1999, Maskhadov closed down the Chechen parliament and introduced aspects of Sharia. "[63], In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Northern Caucasus experienced an Islamic (as well as a national) renaissance. [82] The city has permitted the existence of four mosques. Muslims that live in places where they are a minority are harassed, humiliated and talked about by non-Muslims in muffled whispers. More than 3 million Tajik citizens were officially registered in Russia in 2021. . *, In 1992 several Muslim associations withdrew from the Caucasus muftiate and attempted to establish their own spiritual boards. The Russo-Circassian War ended with the signing of loyalty oaths by Circassian leaders on 2 June [O.S. There are believed to be around 20 million Muslims in Russia. Russia will continue to have the largest Muslim population (in absolute numbers) in Europe in 2030. Russia is one of the world's most urbanized countries, with roughly 75% of its total population living in urban areas. [56] Russia has one of the world's most female-biased sex ratios, with 0.859 males to every female,[12] due to its high male mortality rate. Hate crimes and attacks are directed at Muslims. In the 2021 Census, roughly 71.7% of the population were ethnic Russians, 16.7% of the population were ethnic minorities and 11.6% did not state an ethnicity. Ahmad Adil | 07.05.2021 NEW DELHI Dismissing propaganda launched by Hindu nationalists against the growing Muslim populace in India, former top bureaucrat and author Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi said Hindus will always remain in the majority in the country. 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