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Russian Moslems converting to Christianity (maybe)
01 November 2005, 12:052 million ethnic Muslims adopted baptism in Russia while only 2,5 thousand Russians converted to Islam - expert ... The number of ethnic Muslims in Russia who adopted Christianity is 2 million, while the number of the Orthodox who have been converted to Islam is only 2,5 thousand, stated Roman Silantyev, executive secretary of the Inter-religious Council in Russia. âChristianization happens not so much as a result of some purposeful missionary activity (in which only Protestants are engaged) as under the influence of Russian culture which has express Christian rootsâ, Silantyev said in a interview published this week by the Itogi weekly... [I doubt whether any reliable records really exist -- nevertheless this is interesting] Posted by: mhw 2005-11-03 |
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