In the Religious Board of Muslims of Moscow Region a seminar for imams and Muslim religious organizations chairmen was held of th topic of  formation and implementation of the budget of the community.

Leaders and imams of more than 20 local Muslim religious organizations of the Moscow region took part in the seminar on "Formation and implementation of the budget of the Muslim community." The seminar was held by the Director of the Department of Economics Ph.D. in Economics Russian Council of Muftis Madina Kalimullina. In the beginning of the seminar Rushan hazrat Abbyasov said tat eligious board of Muslims of the Moscow region starts a series of seminars and since the funding of the community is one of the most urgent issues, it is this topic that starts the program. He also noted that today the Muslim community should use the most modern approaches to the management of its operations.

Today in the region there are about 30 Muslim communities, but in spite of broadly similar economic situation in the region, the level of financial and economic viability of the communities is very different. At the same time, almost every community is in financial difficulty - no matter whether the community has a building  of a mosque or land in property.

In her speech, M. Kalimullina stressed: "Before forming the budget for the next fiscal year, you must make very clear at what stage of development the community is, and what goals it wants to achieve in the long term, and after a year."

In particular, if the community wants to have a mosque in the city, you need to clearly define the steps that it needs to go through: the formation of the active members of the community, partnerships with local authorities, fundraising, negotiations on the allocation of land for construction, design works, etc . Among other goals, which tend to be to set the community in the long term - an enlightened and educated community, financial independence, halal infrastructure.

After the presentation, participants asked questions and exchanged views on how to optimize performance over the formation of fundrising. Among the issues raised some were connected to the legal complexities of communities functioning. In this regard, it was agreed that the next workshop of this series will focus on the economic and legal issues.

Religious board of Muslims of the Moscow region