Speech of Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin at the joint meeting of the Council of the Federation and the Russian State Duma under the chairmanship of the heads of both chambers of the parliament Sergey Naryshkin and Valentina Matvienko

Mufti sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin is taking part in the joint meeting of the Council of the Federation and the Russian State Duma under the chairmanship of the heads of both chambers of the parliament

Russian leader congratulated the country's Muslims on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr holiday

Locations of Eid prayers in Moscow

An organizational meeting for preparing to 2015 hajj season took place in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation

"The goal is to reach understanding on the position of Islam towards the ongoing terror," said the professor of Islamic sciences of Zayed University Dr Kulthum Al-Muhairi.

The Council of Elders that met in Abu Dhabi last week decided to send "envoys of peace" to the conflict zones to explain the correct understanding of Shari'a law and make extremists renounce violence and bloodshed.

The former minister of religious affairs of Indonesia Dr Muhammad Shihab also noted that interfaith dialogue should be carried out more actively and in a more practical manner.

According to portal OnIslam.net, sheikh Abdullah bin Bayah noted that the delegations "will address ISIL as well as other groups."

The delegations will include intellectuals who will "deal with the realia of violence and conflict."

According to sheikh bin Bayah, "in such a deadly atmosphere" religious scholars, intellectuals, representatives of universities and honest politicians would make "the best firefighters who will have a chance to extinguish the flame of violence."

Letter of the leader of Russia's Muslims mufti Ravil Gaynutdin is just and very well-timed, said chief military rabbi of the Russian Army Aaron Gurevich

The meeting at the main square of Grozny brought together several hundred thousand people

Mufti of Crimea Emirali hajji Ablaev expressed his deep gratitude to the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation and Russia Muftis Council mufti sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin for his support to Crimean Tatar Muslims in a decisive time for the future of Crimea in 2014

For the first time in history, Muslim adhan will sound in Antarctica

Chairman of Russia Muftis Council mufti sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin blessed the construction of a mosque at its historical site in the city of Arkhangelsk

Today, on August 17, a farewell ceremony for the deputy mufti of the Republic of North Ossetia and imam of Vladikavkaz mosque Rasul Gamzatov, who was killed overnight into Sunday, will take place in the capital of the republic

345 thousand roubles (circa $10,000) were donated by the Muslims of Moscow Jum'ah mosque to the children victims of Israeli aggression in Gaza

Muslim holidays will give Crimeans more days off, according to the media