Ali Vyacheslav Sergeyevich Polossin

Ali Vyacheslav Polosin

Ali Vyacheslav Sergejewitsch Polossin ( Russian Али Вячеслав Сергеевич Полосин , English Vyacheslav Polosin ; born in Moscow in 1956 ) is a Russian scientist and politician as well as a prominent figure in Islam in Russia , who is considered an expert on Muslim-Christian dialogue . He is a former Russian Orthodox priest. From 1990 to 1993 he was a member of the Duma .

Life

Vyacheslav Polossin is a former archpriest ( protoiereus ) of the Russian Orthodox Church ( Kaluga ) who converted to Islam in 1999 and took the name Ali. He is a member of the Expert Council of the Russian Mufti-Council and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Islam Fund .

He is one of the supporters of the Wasaṭīya concept known by Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi - the President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars and co-founder and chairman of the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) , an “Islam of the center, beyond extremism and Bigotry".

Polossin has been Director of Interreligious Dialogue at the Moscow al-Wasatiya Center (“Аль-Васатыйя”), the Russian branch of the International al-Wasatiya Center in Kuwait , since 2011 . He is the author of several books on comparative theology .

Web links

• islam.ru: Polosin Ali Vyacheslav - My journey to Islam
• islamdag.info: Invite to Islam and let your words work (Interview with Ali Polosin)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russian Archpriest Viacheslav Polosin Converts to Islam . themodernreligion.com
2. ↑ de.sputniknews.com: Russian Christians and Muslims reject US criticism of poor religious freedom (accessed November 28, 2016)
3. ↑ islamfund.ru - accessed on November 17, 2017
4. ↑ arraid.org: Interest For “Al-Wasatiyyah” Principle Assembled Researchers And Religious Figures From Ukraine And Abroad (accessed November 28, 2016)
5. ^ A Head of World Union of Muslim Scholars Visits Dagestan . jamestown.org, accessed November 28, 2016
6. ^ Constitutional Protection Report of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 2008 ( Memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.2 MB), p. 206:

   “One of the main speakers at the event [note: the 30th annual conference of the ' Islamic Community in Germany eV ' (IGD) 2008] was a representative of the Wassatiya Institute from Kuwait. According to his statements, Wassatiya is to be understood as an Islam of the middle, beyond extremism and fanaticism. Islam in this sense calls on people to get to know each other and to contribute to securing world peace and common coexistence; it respects human rights, calls for equality between people and rejects any form of racism. "

   (Original writings)
7. ↑ islam.ru: Али Полосин стал директором российского центра «Аль-васатыйи» (Ali Polossin became director of the Russian center "Al-Wasatiyya") (accessed November 28, 2016)
8. ↑ wasatiya.ru