The director of the board of muftis of Russia, Ravil Gainutdin, has denounced the ostracism of the Orthodox majority against 20 million Muslims living in the country, and stressed in an interview published Friday by the newspaper Kommersant, the possible risk that can be treated in a "time bomb." "Under the Constitution, Orthodox and Muslims have equal rights.
But, unfortunately, many believe that the Orthodox majority makes Russia an Orthodox country," said the mufti. "The Muslims would like the Orthodox are more inclined towards them and not feel that they alone have the right to life," he adds. "Islam came to our land before Russia became Christian" and not Muslims "would not have been Russian," he says.
According to the mufti, the construction of mosques is mostly "locked by nationalists and Islamophobia" latent in Russia. "How can we fight against obscurantism and radicalism, where a party of young (Muslim), having lost all faith in the political and religious hierarchy, meets in apartments, basements and sheds with magnets suspects?" Still wondering religious.
Also speaking against the establishment in many regions of the Orthodox religious education in schools that "instills the idea of superiority of one culture or a people over others." Also, if you keep these initiatives, "the conflict will be inevitable in the coming decades is a time bomb," Gainutdin blemish.
Russia is experiencing in recent months a growing nationalist sentiments climax, and a sensible auemento xenophobia in Muslim majority areas, for example, the North Caucasus. Political leaders strongly condemn the manifestations of extremism, but also gave assurances to the Russian majority in saying that minorities should respect the customs. 
But, unfortunately, many believe that the Orthodox majority makes Russia an Orthodox country," said the mufti. "The Muslims would like the Orthodox are more inclined towards them and not feel that they alone have the right to life," he adds. "Islam came to our land before Russia became Christian" and not Muslims "would not have been Russian," he says.
According to the mufti, the construction of mosques is mostly "locked by nationalists and Islamophobia" latent in Russia. "How can we fight against obscurantism and radicalism, where a party of young (Muslim), having lost all faith in the political and religious hierarchy, meets in apartments, basements and sheds with magnets suspects?" Still wondering religious.
Also speaking against the establishment in many regions of the Orthodox religious education in schools that "instills the idea of superiority of one culture or a people over others." Also, if you keep these initiatives, "the conflict will be inevitable in the coming decades is a time bomb," Gainutdin blemish.
Russia is experiencing in recent months a growing nationalist sentiments climax, and a sensible auemento xenophobia in Muslim majority areas, for example, the North Caucasus. Political leaders strongly condemn the manifestations of extremism, but also gave assurances to the Russian majority in saying that minorities should respect the customs.
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