Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic

Chechen muftiate

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Chechen
Russian

Mufti

Salah Mezhiev

Main organ

Majlis
Council of Ulama

AffiliationsSunni Islam, Shafi'i schoolWebsitedumchr.ru

The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic (Chechen: Нохчийн Республикин Бусалбан син урхалладар; Russian: Духовное управление мусульман Чеченской Республики) is the sole muftiate in Chechnya (Russian Federation). From 1991 to 2000 it operated on the territory of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Represented in the Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims.^[1]

List of muftis

Muhammad-Bashir Arsanukayev (1991–1993)^[1]
Mahmud Garkayev (1993–1994)^[1]
Muhammed-Khusein Alsabekov (1994)^[1]
Akhmad Kadyrov (1994/5–2000)^[1]
Akhmad Shamaiev (2000–2005)^[2]
Sultan Mirsayev (2005–2014)
Salah Mezhiev (2014–present)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Roshchin & Lunkin 2005, p. 156.
^ Roshchin & Lunkin 2005, p. 164.

Sources

Roshchin, Mikhail; Lunkin, Roman (2005). "Ислам в Чеченской Республике" [Islam in the Chechen Republic]. In Bourdeaux, Michael; Filatov, Sergei (eds.). Современная религиозная жизнь России. Опыт систематического описания [Contemporary Religious Life of Russia. Systematic description experience] (in Russian). Vol. 3. Москва: Keston Institute; Logos. pp. 152–169. ISBN 5-98704-044-2.