Forum Discusses Quranic Studies in Russia
Hojat-ol-Islam Seed Reza Moadab, dean of the theology faculty of the University of Qom, addressed the forum, which was organized by the International Research and Education Center of the Islamic Seminaries.
The cleric noted that Russia has a population of 142 million, with Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism having the largest number of followers in the country.
He said the Russian people are generally interested in spirituality and the success of religion in Russia will depend on the present of competent clerics.
Hojat-ol-Islam Moadab also referred to the Islamic University of Moscow, noting that it is a member of the World Council of Islamic Universities.
It has been established with the aim of coordinating religious activities in the Caucasus, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan, he added.
He said students at the Islamic University of Moscow learn Quran, Tafsir (Quran interpretation), Quranic sciences, Hadiths, Seerah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), Islamic ethics, and Fiqh.
They also study books in the fields of philosophy, economics, psychology, educational sciences, history of Russia, etc, he stated.
According to Hojat-ol-Islam Moadab many of the university’s graduates are now serving as imams and Muftis in Russia and other countries.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he stressed the need for training talented seminary students who are fluent in Russian and can write Quranic and Islamic books in the Russian language.
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