Anas Pshikhachev
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Anas Pshikhachev | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 11 December 1967 |
| Died | 15 December 2010 (aged 43) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound[1] |
| Children | 3 |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Muslim leader | |
| Post | Head of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria |
| Period in office | 22 April 2004 – 15 December 2010 |
| Predecessor | Shafig Pshikhachev |
| Successor | Khazrataliy Dzasezhev |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Soviet Army |
| Service years | 1985–1987 |
Haji[2] Anas Musayevich Pshikhachev (p-she-KAH-chev, Russian: Анас Мусаевич Пшихачев;[3] Kabardian: Пщыхакӏ Iэнэс, Мусэ и къуэ; 11 December 1967 – 15 December 2010) was a Russian Muslim religious figure of Circassian ethnicity who served as Head of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria from April 2004 until his assassination in December 2010.[4][5]
RIA Novosti referred to him as one of the most influential Muslim religious figures of the North Caucasus.[5]
Pshikhachev was born to a worker family in Nalchik, Soviet Kabardino-Balkaria on 11 December 1967. From 1975 to 1977, he studied at the 17th Volny Aul middle school, and from 1977 to 1983, he was at the 11th Nalchik school.[3]
From 1983, he studied at the Nalchik workers tekhnikum, and from 1985 to 1987, he served in the Soviet Army. In 1989, he finished his studies, becoming a construction technician.[3]
From 1991 to 1994, he studied at the Arabic Language and Islamic Sciences Institute in Damascus, Syria, and at the Islamic Call Tripoli International Islamic University until 1998.[3]
Career
From 1989 to 1991, Pshikhachev worked as the imam of Chyornaya Rechka, Urvansky District, Kabardino-Balkaria. From September 1998, he taught at the Kabardino-Balkar Islamic Institute. In 1999, he was appointed the deputy director of the institute.[3]
In April 2004, Pshikhachev was appointed Head of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria. He served in the position until his death on 15 December 2010.[4] At some point, he was also the Chairman of the Muslim Board of Kabardino-Balkaria.[6]
Pshikhachev was an author of 50 theological and judicial monographies.[3]