Rawil Ğaynetdin

Ravil Gaynutdin (or Gainutdin; Russian: Рави́ль Исмаги́лович Гайнутди́нов, romanized: Ravil Ismagilovich Gaynutdinov, Tatar: Равил Исмәгыйл улы Гайнетдин, romanized: Rawil İsmäğil ulı Ğäynetdin) is a Moscow-based Mufti and scholar, an ethnic Volga Tatar born in the village of Shali of Pestrechinsky District of the Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union on August 25, 1959.^{[citation needed]}

TitleGrand Mufti of Russia

Born (1959-08-25) 25 August 1959 (age 67)

Shali, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (Present-day Tatarstan, Russia)

SpouseZukhra-Khanum Gainutdinova

ReligionIslam

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Ravil Gaynutdin
Равиль Гайнутдин Равил Гайнетдин
Gaynutdin in 2010
Title	Grand Mufti of Russia
Personal life
Born	(1959-08-25) 25 August 1959 (age 67) Shali, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (Present-day Tatarstan, Russia)
Spouse	Zukhra-Khanum Gainutdinova
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Islamic neo-traditionalism[1][2]
Profession	Scholar
Muslim leader
Period in office	1 July 1996 - Present

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Gaynutdin has served as one of the Grand Muftis of Russia and the Chairman of the Russian Council of Muftis since July 1, 1996.^[3] He is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding. Gaynutdin has been called a key figure in relations between the Kremlin and Russia's Muslim population and one of the most important people in the Islamic World in Russia.^[4]

Gaynutdin has put forward ideas such as the following: "I agree with (Nikolay) Karamzin, the excellent Russian historian of the 19th century, who said that Moscow owes its greatness to the khans of the Golden Horde. However, this also applies to all of Russia, because thanks to the political will of the khans, the gathering of the scattered principalities around Moscow began".^[5]