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Kamil Samigullin

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Kamil Iskanderovich Samigullin ( Russian : Камиль Искандерович Самигуллин , Tatar : Камил Искәндәр улы Сәмигуллин , romanized: Kamil İskəndər ulı Səmiğullin ; born March 22, 1985, Mari ASSR , Soviet Union ) is the mufti of the Republic of Tatarstan . He is also the chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan , and a Hanafi - Maturidi scholar. Samigullin graduated from the Turkish İsmailağa in 2007 and belongs to the Naqshbandi order . Before this, he had studied in North Caucasus Islamic University of Makhachkala . In 2022, Samigullin received the title of Doctor of Islamic Sciences after having defended his dissertation in Arabic on the topic "The contribution of Tatar theologians to the Quranic sciences and the study of the rasma (writing rules) of the Quran". Samigullin is fluent in both Arabic and Turkish. Samigullin has been the mufti of Tatarstan since April 13, 2013. Earlier positions include being the imam in Tyumen region as well as the imam of the Tınıçlıq mosque in Kazan. In local media, Kamil Samigullin is also known as Abu Akhmad al-Kazani (Абу Ахмад аль-Казани ), and Kamil khazrat Samigullin (Камиль хазрат Самигуллин / Камил хәзрәт Сәмигуллин, Kamil xəzrət Səmiğullin). "Muftiate game of thrones: if Ramadan will reconcile religious leaders of Russia and Tatarstan" . "Камил хәзрәт Сәмигуллин мөселманнарның Бөек Җиңүгә керткән өлеше турында сөйләде" . 2025.

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mufti of the republic of tatarstan

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russian religious figure

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