RT President Mintimer Shaimiev and Chairman of RT Muslims’ Religious Board discuss opening of Kul-Sharif Mosque

On May 19, RT President Mintimer Shaimiev met with Chairman of the RT Muslims’ Religious Board gusman khazrat Iskhakov.

It was the first meeting of Mintimer Shaimiev and the leader of Tatarstan’s Muslims since he had been appointed as President by the RT State Council. The interlocutors focused on the opening of the Kul-Sharif Mosque to take place on June 24.

After the meeting Gusman Iskhakov said the RT President called the opening of the Kul-Sharif Mosque “the best possibility to represent Kazan as a spiritual and religious centre of Russian Muslims”.