Salah Mezhiev
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Salah Mezhiev (Salah-haji Mitaevich Mezhiev, Russian: Салах Межиев / Салах-хаджи Митаевич Межиев; born 1977 Grozny[1]) is the supreme mufti of Chechnya. He is also the chairperson of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic since 2014.[2][3][4][5][6] Since 2024, he has held the position of Chairman of the Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims.[7]
In 2024, Mezhiev defended his dissertation on Al-Shafi'i in Cairo and received a PhD in Islamic Sciences.[1]
Mezhiev has taken a stand against Wahhabism; "It should be recognized as an extremist sect and banned at a government level; these people should be called devils".[8]
See also
[edit]- 2016 international conference on Sunni Islam in Grozny
- Kamil Samigullin (mufti of Tatarstan)
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Салах Межиев". 2024.
- ↑ "Wahhabism 'Spreading Through Siberia,' Claims Chechen Mufti". Themoscowtimes.com. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "New mufti elected in Chechnya". Islam.ru. 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "Mufti of Tatarstan held a meeting with mufti of Chechnya / News | Muslim Religious Board of the Republic of Tatarstan". Dumrt.ru. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ Chloe Farand. "Newspaper staff threatened after reporting 'mass detention' of gay men in Chechnya, editors say". The Independent. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "Chechnya anti-gay violence: Newspaper fears 'retribution' for reports - BBC News". BBC News. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "Муфтий Чечни возглавил Координационный центр мусульман Северного Кавказа" [The Mufti of Chechnya has taken charge of the Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 2024-09-28. Archived from the original on 2024-09-28. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
- ↑ "Wahhabism 'Spreading Through Siberia,' Claims Chechen Mufti". The Moscow Times. 2016.
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