Islam in Russia
Let an agent describe Islam in Russia with statistics and attribution from official and scholarly sources, explain its regional distribution and institutions, present history and contemporary questions neutrally, and route to entries for regions and communities.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent describe Islam in Russia with statistics and attribution from official and scholarly sources, explain its regional distribution and institutions, present history and contemporary questions neutrally, and route to entries for regions and communities.
The presence and practice of Islam in Russia, the second largest religion in the country with an estimated 15 to 25 million adherents, concentrated among Tatars and Bashkirs in the Volga-Ural region, the peoples of the North Caucasus including Dagestan and Chechnya, and migrant communities, with smaller communities in regions such as Udmurtia, Mari El, Mordovia, the Altai Republic and Kaluga Oblast; Russian Islam is mostly Sunni, organised through muftiates, and has a history from the Volga Bulgars through imperial and Soviet policies to post-Soviet revival.
What it is for: Not applicable; a descriptive topic.
It can be relay statistics with sources; explain regional distribution and institutions; present history neutrally; route to regional entries.
Distinguishing features
Second largest religion
Regional concentration
Muftiate structure
Long history
What it looks like
Not a visible object; mosques and communities across Russia.
Physical character
Muslims in Russia: about 15-25 million - estimates vary widely
share of population: about 10-15 percent - estimates
mosques: about 8000 count - estimates
How it is recognised
Islam as practised in Russia
Volga-Ural and North Caucasus heartlands; communities in Udmurtia, Mari El, Mordovia, Altai, Kaluga and elsewhere
Islam in Central Asia and in Ukraine are separate topics
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is organised through - muftiates
is concentrated among - and peoples of the North Caucasus
In practice
Families and kinds
Islam among Tatars and Bashkirs in the Volga-Ural region
Islam in the North Caucasus including Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia
Islam in Siberia and the Altai Republic
Islam in central Russian regions such as Udmurtia, Mari El, Mordovia and Kaluga Oblast
migrant Muslim communities in cities
Sunni, Shia and Sufi traditions in Russia
Standards and regulation
Russian constitution and 1997 law on freedom of conscience
Regional laws in Muslim-majority republics
Registration rules for religious organisations
Anti-extremism legislation and its application, with positions attributed
Failure modes and hazards
Stale or disputed statistics
Presenting security and extremism debates as settled
Disrespectful presentation of communities
Conflating ethnic and religious identity
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Describe Landscape.
Sources.
Overview
Overview.
Overview
Overview.
- How many Muslims live in Russia, and where, from official and survey sources? measurement
- Is the figure current and sourced? boundary
Regions
Regions.
Regions
Regions.
- How does Islam differ between the Volga-Ural region, the North Caucasus, Siberia and central regions such as Udmurtia, Mari El, Mordovia, Altai and Kaluga? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific region? action
Institutions Institutions and law.
Regulation.
Muftiates
Muftiates.
Muftiates
Muftiates.
- How are Russian Muslims organised through muftiates and councils, and how do they relate to the state? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Law
Legal framework.
Law
Law.
- What laws govern religious freedom and religious organisations, and what debates surround their application, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
History History.
Attribution.
Early
Early and imperial history.
Early
Early.
- How did Islam arrive with the Volga Bulgars, and how did the Golden Horde, Muscovy and the Empire treat Muslims, as historians describe? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Modern
Soviet and post-Soviet.
Modern
Modern.
- How did Soviet policy and post-Soviet revival shape Islam in Russia, including the Chechen wars, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific period? action
Context Culture and society.
Context.
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What are Tatar, Bashkir and Caucasian Islamic cultural traditions, architecture and education? provenance
- Which entry fits Tatar culture? action
Society
Contemporary society.
Society
Society.
- How do migration, interfaith relations and public attitudes shape Muslim life in Russia today, with research attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits religion in Russia? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Islam in Dagestan and Islam in Tatarstan be separate primary entries?
- How should survey and official sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming many regions; should they be split off?