Al Wassatyja Science and Education Center

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Ali Vyacheslav Polosin
(Director of the Moscow Center)
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
(President of the IUMS )

The scientific and educational center al Wassatiyja ( Russian Научно просветительского центра "Аль Васатыйя" Nauchno proswetitelskowo centra Al Wassatyja ; scientific. Transliteration : Naučno prosvetitel'skogo centra Al 'Vasatyjja ) in the Russian capital Moscow is an autonomous non-profit organization that from the Russian Fund in Support of Islamic Culture, Science and Education ( Fond podderschki islamskoi kultury, nauki i obrasowanija ), the Russian Islamic University (in the city of Kazan ,Republic of Tatarstan ) and the Institute of Theology and International Relations (in the city of Makhachkala , Republic of Dagestan ) was established and contractually with the International Wasatiyya Center (International Center al-Wasatiyya) in Kuwait is connected. The center in Kuwait, also known as the International Moderation Center (abbr. IMC ), is in turn an organization affiliated with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Religious Foundations and Islamic Affairs .

The main objective of the Russian center is according to its own information (wasatiyya.ru): to help return the Muslim consciousness to the Koranic "al-wasatiyya" concept ([...]), which is extremes (radicalism) in all areas of the life of Muslims refused to seek a "golden mean" in every point of private and social life, for a balanced neighborhood with representatives of other religions and beliefs.

One of his main tasks is therefore to organize the Islamic education system in the spirit of the Koranic " golden mean " ( wasaṭīya , Arabic وسطية), d. H. the concept known in particular from 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).

The main Kuwaiti organization and its Russian branch were the main organizers of the high-profile International Theological Conference "Islamic Doctrine Against Radicalism" on April 25-26. May 2012 in Moscow at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel , together with the International Union of Muslim Scholars.

According to the website of the Russian center, the organization of advanced training courses in Kuwait is being carried out in coordination with the Kuwaiti brothers in faith.

Adil al-Fallah , Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Religious Foundations and Islamic Affairs, played an important role in setting up the center in Russia, developing ties with Muslim communities in Moscow, the Volga region and southern Russia.

Ali Vyacheslav Polosin has been the director of the Moscow Vasatiyya Center since 2011.

The inconsistent behavior of the Russian government in banning the Muslim Brotherhood , but allowing an organization operated with a similar ideology as the Wassatyja Center , was pointed out , for example, by the British think tank Chatham House in London .

aims

Its goals are described by the Moscow Center (according to wasatiya.ru ) as follows:

"1. The organization of the Islamic education system in the spirit of the Koranic "golden mean" (al-wasatiyya):

the organization of educational events, advanced training courses, scientific and practical seminars, lectures for young imams, Muslim activists, heads of youth and women's organizations in different regions of Russia. These courses are organized to explain the principle of moderation in the Qur'an, Sunna and History of Islam, and to warn against extremism and radicalism;
the organization of the permanent educational mission with groups of Muslims living in regions where Muslims were not previously presented and with Muslim migrants for the purpose of their adaptation to the new conditions in the developed traditions and under the laws in force, and in accordance with the Spirit of "al-wasatiyya" ideology;
the organization in Kuwait (in coordination with the Kuwaiti brothers) of advanced training courses for teachers of Muslim educational institutions, imams, preachers, Muslim journalists on the theological argument of the advantage of an "al Wassatyja community" and "against extremism and radicalism".

2. Publication of classical Muslim literature, which shows the inner richness of Islam and makes you proud of Islamic civilization.

3. Mass media publication showing the best achievements of modern Muslim thought, the translation into Russian of the works of scholars of Islam that illuminate the principle of moderation.

4. Support in the education of Muslim intellectuals, who must have a real chance of influencing the mood of Muslims more actively.

5. Scientific, popular science and scientific-journalistic work to explain the principle of moderation in Islam, also in the non-Muslim environment.

6. Communication with other religions, beliefs, cultures and civilizations. Strengthening relations with the Russian Orthodox Church and other traditional religious organizations of Russia.

7. Support in communication, the mutual study of cultures and traditions, the removal of mistrust between different nations and xenophobia, strengthening of "national diplomacy", promoting a strengthening of Russia's position in the Islamic world. "

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References and footnotes

  1. ↑ . Russ Фонд поддержки исламской культуры, науки и образования / scientific transliteration. Fond podderžki islamskoj kul'tury, nauki i obrazovaniya (see website under islamfund.ru ( Memento of the original in the December 30, 2016 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.islamfund.ru
  2. ↑ engl. Institute of theology and the international relations (ITIR). - In Russian it is otherwise called: Dagestanski gumanitarny institut (Дагестанский гуманитарный институт / scientific Dagestanskij gumanitarnyj Institute / "Dagestan Institute for the Humanities") - cf. daggum.ru .
  3. ↑ wasatiya.ru: Russian Center of Vasatyya (accessed December 30, 2016)
  4. ↑ According to state.gov , around 60–70% of the population of Kuwait are Sunnis and around 30–40% Shiites (mostly from Iran ). - state.gov (accessed December 30, 2016) - "According to Article 2 of the Kuwaiti Constitution, Islam is the state religion and Sharia is one of the main sources of law." ( Jurisprudence in Kuwait: Between Tradition, Religion and Modernity - kas.de ) (accessed December 30, 2016)
  5. ↑ wasatiya.ru: The main goal of the Center is help in returning of Muslim consciousness to the Koranic “al-vasatyya” concept (to moderation, a sredinnost - the Koran, "Al-Bacharach", 143), to refusing extremes ( radicalism) in all spheres of Muslim's life, to searching of "golden mean" in each point of private and social life, to balanced neighborhood with representatives of other religions and outlooks. - quoted from: wasatiya.ru/en (accessed December 30, 2016)
  6. ↑ On the Islamic term wasaṭīya , d. H. the “centrality and willingness to compromise” ( Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kuwait ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove it Note. , Accessed on December 30, 2016), cf. the official website of the center at wasatiya.ru and the article by Bettina Gräf: 'The concept of Wasatiyya in the Work of Yusuf al-Qaradawi', in: Bettina Gräf and Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (ed.): Global Mufti: The Phenomenon of Yusuf al-Qaradawi. (London: 2009), 213-238; Götz Nordbruch (at hsozkult.de - accessed on December 30, 2016): @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuwait.diplo.de

    "Gräf argues that it was Qaradawi who had turned the claim of wasatiyya into a" trademark of a positively viewed Muslim identity "(p. 228)."

  7. ↑ wasatiya.ru cites : Verse 143 of the second sura of the Koran Al-Baqara ("The Cow").
  8. ↑ cf. Interest For “Al-Wasatiyyah” Principle Assembled Researchers And Religious Figures From Ukraine And Abroad (September 20, 2013) (accessed December 30, 2016) & jamestown.org: A Head of World Union of Muslim Scholars Visits Dagestan (accessed December 30, 2016) December 2016):

    "The authorities never stopped looking for the right person to declare a fatwa on jihad in the North Caucasus. Ali-Vyacheslav Polosin, a former Christian Orthodox priest who converted to Islam, energetically worked toward this goal and became the new face of Islam in Russia. On his initiative, it was decided to invite Sheikh Karadagi, the secretary general of the World Union of Muslim Scholars, to Dagestan. The republic's official clerics must have been convinced that they could cast the situation in the republic to the visitor in a favorable light and that Karadagi, being uninformed about the real situation, would provide them with the right fatwa ( http: //mahachkala.bezformata .ru / listnews / delegatciya-vsemirnogo-soyuza-musulmanskih / 7845274 / ). All possible steps were taken to avoid having any guests at the meeting with Karadagi who were in opposition to Dagestan's official clergy (www.ng.ru/regions/2012-11-26/3_kartblansh.html). "

  9. ↑ See the article by Ruslan Kurbanow: "Russian Ijmaa" on Jihad and Ideological Split of Muslim Community (1) , (2) - islamicity.com (accessed December 30, 2016) and the summary at vestnikkavkaza.net: Islamic doctrine against radicalism May 29, 2012 (Vestnik Kavkaza / Вестник Кавказа) (accessed December 30, 2016)
  10. ↑ "in coordination with the Kuwaiti brothers" ( wasatiyya.ru )
  11. ↑ Adil Abdullah al-Fallah (عادل عبد الله الفلاح; born 1953 in Kuwait ; see. iicowric.org: Adel Abdullah Al-Falah  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , CV)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.iicowric.org  
  12. ↑ Giada Tardivo: ict.org.il: Islamic Radicalization in Russia (Research Assistant, ICT) Spring 2015: “He became one of the most important representatives of“ centrist Islam ”in Russia, and he was able to create links between the Al -Wasatiyya Center in Kuwait and the Muslim communities of Moscow, of the Volga region, and of southern Russia. ” (accessed December 30, 2016)
  13. ↑ Али Полосин стал директором российского центра "Аль-васатыйи" - islam.ru (accessed December 30, 2016)
  14. ↑ cf. Anna Münster: Transnational Islam in Russia and Crimea . November 2014 Russia and Eurasia Program (chathamhouse.org), p. 13, note 43 (accessed December 30, 2016):

    “The Al-Wasatiyya Center in Kuwait promotes 'centrist' Islam not only in Russia but globally as well. Ideologically, 'centrism' or al-wasatiyya is conventionally associated with al-Qaradawi who coined the term. The Al-Wasatiyya Centre's existence in Russia points to the inconsistency of the Russian government in banning the Muslim Brotherhood, yet allowing an organization with a similar ideology to operate. "

  15. ↑ wasatiya.ru/en (accessed December 30, 2016), translated from English. - The Russian version (see under web links) has an eighth point regarding the development and implementation of projects for reconciliation between the ideological conflicts of Muslim groups. (adopted by resolution of the board of directors of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "НПЦ АльВасатыйя - умеренность" (NPZ Al-Wassatyja - umerennost / NPC Al'Vasatyjja umerennost ') on August 25, 2011) - About the Center (accessed December 30, 2016)
  16. ↑ On the publication plans of the Moscow Vasatyja Center, see z. E.g. the website of the Russian Muftirate : muslim.ru: Al Vasatyya determines its future plans (October 12, 2010) - accessed on December 30, 2016

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