Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic

Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic

Нохчийн Республикин Бусалбан син урхалладар
The headquarters (left) and the Heart of Chechnya Mosque (right), Grozny
Abbreviation	SAMCR
Predecessor	Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Checheno-Ingush Republic
Established	1991 (1991)
Founded at	Grozny, Chechen Republic
Legal status	Religious organisation
Purpose	Fiqh administrative educational philanthropic religious studies spiritual
Headquarters	Grozny
Location	1080 mosques 18 madrasas 2 higher education institutes
Area served	Chechnya, Russia
Official languages	Chechen Russian
Mufti	Salah Mezhiev
Main organ	Majlis Council of Ulama
Affiliations	Sunni Islam, Shafi'i school
Website	dumchr.ru

The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic (Chechen: Нохчийн Республикин Бусалбан син урхалладар; Russian: Духовное управление мусульман Чеченской Республики) is the sole muftiate in Chechnya (Russian Federation). From 1991 to 2000 it operated on the territory of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Represented in the Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims.

List of muftis

• Muhammad-Bashir Arsanukayev (1991–1993)
• Mahmud Garkayev (1993–1994)
• Muhammed-Khusein Alsabekov (1994)
• Akhmad Kadyrov (1994/5–2000)
• Akhmad Shamaiev (2000–2005)
• Sultan Mirsayev (2005–2014)
• Salah Mezhiev (2014–present)

Sources

• Roshchin, Mikhail; Lunkin, Roman (2005). "Ислам в Чеченской Республике" [Islam in the Chechen Republic]. In Bourdeaux, Michael; Filatov, Sergei (eds.). Современная религиозная жизнь России. Опыт систематического описания [Contemporary Religious Life of Russia. Systematic description experience] (in Russian). Vol. 3. Москва: Keston Institute; Logos. pp. 152–169. ISBN 5-98704-044-2.

External links

• SAMCR official website (in Russian)
• SAMCR on Facebook (in Arabic)
• SAMCR official channel on YouTube