Religion with no boundaries
On September 2, 2023, international students of Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University had a meeting with Valiahmad Gayazov the chairman of centralized religious organization “Muslim Spiritual Board of the Komi Republic”. This meeting was held as part of the grant project “Vzglyad” (Russian for “the Vision”) and with support from the centralized religious organization “International Islamic Mission”.More than 50 international students from 11 Pitirim Sorokin SyktSU Institutes participated in this event. Muslim faith students discussed religion questions with the Imam Valiahmad and got acquainted with the history of Islam in the Komi Republic. The Mufti spoke about the most ancient Muslim written texts which tell about Russian North-West region.Valiahmad Gayazov in his speech highlighted the value of the historical document, which is the story of the Arab Muslim traveller of 12th century Abu Hamid al-Garnati, who visited the territory of modern Russia, his unpretentious notes about what he saw and …