Conference on Islam Evolution in Russia Begins in Moscow

[PsychoDad]

Conference on Islam Evolution in Russia Begins in Moscow
03/01/2004 11:43
Russian and American scholars and public figures take part in the conference

http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/364/12186_islam.html

An international conference "Reformism in Russian Islam: history and the present" started at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies on February 27. Main goal of the forum is to analyze history, find out the importance and essence of reforming Islam in Russia, consider contemporary reformatory Islamic projects and estimate their perspectiveness, RIA Novosti news agency was told at the Institute.
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Members of the Russian Mufti Council, officials of governmental structures, embassies, Russian and American Islam researchers and public figures are taking part in the conference.



Wonder if Yusuf Estes, The US National Chaplin for Islam, will be attending?