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Russia's Mufti Council urges Muslim unity
Yeah, like that's gonna happen anytime soon.Russia's Mufti Council has called for the unity of Sunni and Shiite Muslims, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday. Ravil Gainutdin, chairman of the Council of Russia's Muftis, wants Shiite and Sunni Muslims to merge their religious lives in Russia. He told the Second Gathering of the All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress that he had asked the Russian authorities to allocate some land for a Shiite mosque, Interfax said. "But I pose a question to the Congress: Should we continue making a distinction between Shiite and Sunni mosques? For they share all major Islamic teaching," Gainutdin said. | Right up until Big Mo died, they been feuding about who gets to run things ever since. |
"The Russian authorities do everything for Azerbaijanis not to experience problems in organizing their religious lives in their new home, Russia," he said. Azerbaijani Muslims are Shiites while Russian Muslims are Sunnis. | Shareing a mosque would save time, they could just shoot across the room at each other. |
Posted by: Steve 2004-10-19 |
