Nearly a third of Russia's population will be Muslim within 15 years, country's grand mufti predicts

dailymail.co.uk ^ | March 5, 2019 | JESSICA GREEN

[palmer]

I think you have the right idea. Authoritarians of various stripes can be symbiotic. Also the Islamic factions might look for the state to slap down the rival factions and the Russian state can play factions against each other.

[Berlin_Freeper]

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Erdogan, Mr Abbas, members of the clergy, foreign guests, friends,

Let me congratulate you fr om all my heart on the opening of Moscow’s rebuilt Cathedral Mosque. This is a big event for all Muslims in Russia.

One of Moscow’s oldest mosques stood on this historical site and has undergone reconstruction that now makes it the biggest in Europe. It was given a magnificent modern new look worthy of the capital of our united, multi-ethnic and multi-confessional country. This new mosque is worthy of Russia, in which, I want to stress, Islam, under our country’s law, is one of Russia’s traditional religions, with millions of our citizens counting themselves among its followers.

I want to thank everyone who took part in the work on this magnificent building and all of the Muslims in Russia and abroad who donated to this effort. We are grateful to the governments of Turkey and Kazakhstan for their contributions to the mosque’s reconstruction.

I am sure that the mosque will become a major spiritual centre for Muslims in Moscow and throughout Russia, providing education and spreading humanistic ideas and the true and authentic values of Islam. It will spread knowledge and spirituality and will help to unite the efforts of Muslims and people of other faiths too in common worthy causes. The Koran tells us to try to outdo each other in doing good.

https://www.muslim.ru/en/articles/137/13878/

[Kaisersrsic]

Because Russia has been aggressive and successful recently in foreign affairs, it is easy to look past their demographic weakness. I highly recommend spending time on the population pyramid website: https://www.populationpyramid.net/russian-federation/2019/

Consider both: (1) how much smaller Russia’s military age population will be from 2019-2029 (compared to 2009-2018); and, (2) the possibility that young Russians may be less “Russian.” It was easier for Russia to commit to Syria (and imperative to take Crimea) when it had 10 million men aged 20-29, instead of the 7 million available over the next ten years. Advanced technology and leadership are important, but manpower matters.