Talgat Tadzhuddin
Talgat Tadzhuddin | |
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Талгат Таджуддин Тәлгать Таҗетдин | |
Tadzhuddin in 2013 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 12 October 1948 Kazan, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Citizenship | Russia |
| Occupation | Grand Mufti |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Hanafi school |
| Muslim leader | |
| Post | Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the European Part of the USSR and Siberia (1980–1992) Chairman of the Central Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Russia (1992–present) |
Talgat Safich Tadzetdinov, better known as Tadzhuddin (Russian: Талгат Сафич Тадзетдинов / Талгат Таджуддин, Tatar: Тәлгать Сафа улы Таҗетдинев, Tälğät Safa ulı Tacetdinev; born 12 October 1948, in Kazan) is a Russian Shaykh al-Islām. He is Grand Mufti of Russia and Chairman of the Central Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Russia, from 1980 to the present. Tadzhuddin is a polarizing figure in Russia due to his public statements, which include for example suggesting that participants of a pride parade should be attacked physically, and more recently, that Russian invasion of Ukraine is a "necessary measure". Tadzhuddin supports Eurasianism.