Key publications from Russia’s Muslim populations.
More than 10% of Russia’s population is Muslim. This makes Islam the second most widely professed religion in Russia. Online access is now available to this large and influential community’s most important publications through the Russian Islamic Studies database, which offers a selection of journals and newspapers published in Moscow, Grozny and Makhachkala, among others. This unique collection covers activities of Islamic organizations in Russia and abroad, political and economic developments in the Muslim regions of Russia, the state of Islamic education in Russia, and more. The database is updated regularly with current issues, but also has an archive, with some content going back as far as 2004.
- Product Code: UDB-ISL
- Archive: 2004–present
- Language: Bashkir, Chechen, Russian, Tatar
- Country: Russia
- Cities: Grozny, Makhachkala, Moscow, Nizhnii Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Ufa
- Frequency: Varies
- Updates: Continuous
- Format: PDF, article-based
- Producer: Infoteka
Russian Islamic Studies Titles
Active titles in Russian Islamic Studies include:
As-Salam (Ас-Салам)
Bi-weekly (24 issues per year), published in Makhachkala, archive from 2018–present. Newspaper of the Religious Board of Moslims of Dagestan.
Zori Islama (Зори Ислама, Dawns of Islam)
Bi-weekly (104 issues per year), published in Grozny, archive from 2018–present. Chechen religious and educational newspaper.
Islam v sovremennom mire (Ислам в современном мире, Islam in the Modern World)
Quarterly, published in Moscow, archive from 2007–present. An important publication by the respected MEDINA publishing house in Russia. Focuses on issues of Islamic studies in Russia, CIS, Europe and Middle East. Articles cover a wide range of topics, such as Islamophobia, Muslim organizations in the world, the “Arab Spring” and its political consequences in the Middle East, issues of demography, integration, and labor market in Islamic countries, policies of Western states towards Islamic states, and much more.
Islamovedenie (Исламоведение, Islamic Studies)
Quarterly, published in Makhachkala, archive from 2009–present. The first collection of research and theoretical papers on the issues of Islam published in the Russian Federation. The primary goal of the journal is providing the readers with unbiased information on Islam and various forms of its existence. Content is published under the following headings: history of Islam, Islam and society, doctrinal theology and cult of Islam, Islam and law, Islam and politics, comparative religious studies, anthropology of Islam, Islam and culture, Islam and philosophy, Islam and world view, Islam in contemporary world, Islam and natural science, Islam and ecology, Islam in Russia, sociology of Islam, Islam and Sufism, and academic life.
Islamskaia mysl’: traditsiia i sovremennost’ (Исламская мысль: традиция и современность, Islamic Thought: Tradition and Modernity)
Annual, published in Moscow, archive from 2016–present. Devoted to a wide range of philosophical, historical and theological topics. Focused on the study of classical and post-classical Arab-Muslim philosophy in a comparative context and the development of Muslim thought in our time.
Minaret Islama (Минарет Ислама, Minaret of Islam
Quarterly, published in Nizhnii Novgorod, archive from 2004–present. From the respected MEDINA publishing house in Russia, a journal for the researchers of Islam and Islamic Studies. Authors include leading Islamic scholars, political and religious figures of Russia, as well as foreign experts on the subject.
Minbar Islama (Минбар Ислама, Islam Tribune)
Monthly, published in Moscow, archive from 2012–present. A pan-Russian newspaper for Muslims published by the respected MEDINA publishing house. The official newspaper of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims Living in the European Part of Russia (DUMER), it features news of the DUMER, reports on the activity of the Council of Muftis of Russia, statements and sermons of the Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin, interviews with the leading scholars of Islam from Russia and abroad, and content on general Islamic news, life, and studies.
