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Speaking in Moscow at the conference "Tolerance as the Basis for the Well-Being of Multinational Russia", Gainutdin said he thought the so-called Wahhabi sentiments among some of the young Moslems were caused by the poor quality of Islamic education, the inability to communicate with extremist-minded people and make them change their mind.

Mass clashes occurred in downtown Baku on September 21 between supporters of the "Musavat" party leader Isa Gambar running for presidency and police. The incident sparked several minutes before Gambar's meeting with voters.

This is a set of rules and morals that guide Muslims in their everyday life. Like a lot in the Muslim world, the Muslim ethic is primarily based on the Koran and Sunnah.

These are holidays traditionally celebrated by Muslims. The most important of them are common to the entire Muslim world.

Muslim rituals reflect Muslim beliefs and serve as a basis for the Islamic cult. The most important of them are common to the entire Muslim world.

The organization unites heads of Muslim spiritual boards around the country. This is done for coordination of their activities; a board remains entirely independent when its leader joins the Council.

Like other contemporary successful Muslim movements in Russia, the Union of Russian Muslims is quite moderate in its platform. Since its leader was arrested its activity has remarkably fell though.

The CMSBR succeeds to the Orenburg Mohammedan Spiritual Assembly established by Empress Catherine II's edict in 1788-89. It has survived the USSR and is now successfully developing.

Nur is a broad-based Muslim socio-political movement in Russia. Its moderate, but consistent platform allows it to enjoy increasing support of the Muslim public around the country.

The Muslim renaissance brought about by the break-up of the USSR has led to the emergence of a number of Muslim movements in Russia. Some of them have already left the scene, while others are still developing.

The Battle for the Caucasus is a series of military operations in the N. Caucasus conducted by the Armed Forces of Russia and Nazi Germany. It began on July 25, 1942, and ended on October 9, 1943.

Borga Kash is the earliest of the surviving Muslim monuments in Ingushetia. It was built in 1405-06 in honor of a certain Bek-Sultan and since then has become a very revered place.

The Antiwar Committee in Saint Petersburg put out a regular leaflet against the war in Chechnya.

Islam is the second religion in the number of adherents in Russia. The Muslim community has survived the Russian Empire and Soviet government and is now going through a renaissance.

A mass beating of students of the Chechen nationality with the use of cold steel took place in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, on September 17.