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'''Russian Muslims''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: ''русские мусульмане'') are an [[ethno-religious group]] of [[Russians]] and related ethnic groups, who had converted to Islam and were able to preserve their Russian identity.

==Population==

Former priest of [[Russian Orthodox Church]], Russian Muslim [[Vyacheslav Polosin|Ali Vyacheslav Polosin]], ideological inspirer of the Russian Muslims’ organization “Straight Path” ([[Russian language|Russian]]: ''Прямой путь'') declared the population of ethnic Russians who converted to Islam to be approximately 10,000.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Тульский|first1=Михаил|title=Интервью: Главный редактор газеты «Все об Исламе» и портала «ИсламИнфо», советник Совета муфтиев России, бывший православный священник Али Вячеслав Полосин рассказывает «Порталу-Credo.Ru» о «русском исламе»|url=http://portal-credo.ru/site/print.php?act=news&id=11167|website=portal-credo.ru/|publisher=Портал-Credo.Ru|accessdate=13 February 2015|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20051029151127/http://portal-credo.ru/site/print.php?act=news&id=11167|archivedate=2005-10-29|language=Russian}}</ref>

Department for External Church Relations of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] evaluated their total population as 250-300 and gave the following statistical data concerning their number in Regions:<ref>"[http://www.samara.orthodoxy.ru/Smi/Npg/051_12.html Are there many “Russian Muslims” in Russia?]" (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-02-13.</ref>

[[Republic of Karelia]] - 10, [[Samara Oblast]] - 9, [[Sakha Republic]] – 8, [[Saratov Oblast]] – 8, [[Ivanovo Oblast]] – 4, [[Vladimir Oblast]] – 1.

But this Department doesn’t clear how they counted the given numbers.<ref>"[http://www.samara.orthodoxy.ru/Smi/Npg/051_12.html Are there many “Russian Muslims” in Russia?]" (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-02-13.</ref>

[[Russians|Russian]] [[sociologist]] [[Islamic scholar|Islamic expert]], vice-chairman of the Expert Council for State Theological Expertise at the [[Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation]], former executive secretary of the Interreligious Council of Russia (IIRC) [[Roman Silantyev]]{{Who|date=February 2015}} in 2007 declared that the number of the Russians who converted to Islam in the last 15 years not more then 3,000.<ref>"[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=17618 Myth about 20 million Muslims in Russia and Russians converting to Islam]" (in Russian). Interfax. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 2013-12-03.</ref>{{Verify source|date=February 2015}}

According to the Supreme [[Mufti]] of Kazakhstan, [[Absattar Derbisali]] in 2003 in Kazakhstan the number of Russian Muslims reached 50,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1051732800 |script-title=ru:Количество русских мусульман в Казахстане достигло 50000 |language=Russian |date=1 May 2003 |publisher=CentrAsia.ru |accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref> According to the results of 2009 Kazakhstan census there are 54,227 Russians, who are Muslims by faith.<ref>"[http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/Pages/default.aspx 2009 Census]". The Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan.</ref> But these numbers include mostly people from mixed Russian-Kazakh families, like Russian women, married to Kazakh men.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

In January-June 2014 52 ethnic Russians in [[Turkey]] converted to Islam according to the [[Presidency of Religious Affairs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=В Турции с начала 2014 г. 779 человек приняли ислам|url=http://www.sedmitza.ru/text/4797450.html|website=http://www.sedmitza.ru|accessdate=17 December 2014|language=Russian|date=5 June 2014}}</ref>

Some Russian Muslims are adherents of radical Islamism and connected with Northern-Caucasian Islamic insurgency.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

==Notable Russian Muslims==

*[[Abdul-Vahed Niyazov]] (born Vadim Medvedev) - Russian Muslim politician.

*[[Alexander Litvinenko]] - fugitive officer of the Russian [[Federal Security Service|FSB]]

*[[:ru:Кротов, Антон Викторович|Anton Krotov]] - traveler

*Edward Muravitsky - Belarusian [[Mixed martial arts|MMA]] fighter

*[[Ilya Kormiltsev]] - Russian poet

*[[Julia Volkova]] - former member of the Russian pop girl group [[t.A.T.u.]]

*Maria Alalykina - former member of the Russian pop girl group [[Fabrika]]

*[[:ru:Максим Трефан|Maxim Trefan]] - former member of the Russian rock-band [[:ru:Вежливый отказ|''Вежливый отказ'']]

*Sergey Romanovich - 1992 born Russian actor, who played in ''[[Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion]]''

*Vadim Sidorov - Russian journalist and politician, head of [[National Organization of Russian Muslims]]

*[[:ru:Порохова, Валерия Михайловна|Valeria Porokhova]] - Russian writer

*[[:ru:Коровин, Валерий Михайлович|Valeriy Korovin]] - Russian political scientist, journalist

*[[Vyacheslav Polosin]] - Professor, Doctor of Philosophy, former priest of [[Russian Orthodox Church]]

==See also==

*[[Slavic Muslims]]

*[[Islam in Russia]]

*[[National Organization of Russian Muslims]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Islam in Russia]]