In a civil society, there’s a special and an important place, which is given to a spiritual and cultural life. Its component part is religion. Throughout the long history of centuries, religion has both separated and united people, directly and indirectly influenced the life of the humans and the states. There are a lot of opinions and views as to how religion works and how it affects the humans and the society. Religion has the power to bring peace and harmonize relations between people of different believes and different nationalities.
Throughout the entire Russian history, Russians were never the only ones who lived on the territory of Russia and with this; there has been a huge interpenetration of cultures. This stimulated both positive and negative results. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the number of Muslims in the country has drastically increased. It is often called, as a spiritual
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However, due to the enormous size of the borders of Russia, there are a lot of opinions, as much as there are cultures and traditions. One main aspect is the religion, which in Russia is differentiated in many regions of the country. Strengthening the role of religion in the life of Russia somewhat destabilizes the whole situation in the country. The level of intolerance is dramatically high in Russia towards followers of other religions.
The history of Islam in Russia begins at the time of the emergence of a single geopolitical space that includes all the territories and people that later on became part of Russia. Islam is to be considered as the second most popular and second most numerous believe in the contemporary Russia. Just like Orthodox Christianity, Islam in Russia has a thousand-year history. This history includes many factors, such as trade and military confrontations. With the help of trade, the first appearance of Islam in Russia appeared back in the VII-IX