The Tatars and Bashkirs - Islam in Central Asia (sitios de interés)
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The Tatars and Bashkirs are two ethnic groups in Russia with (Sunni) Muslim majorities. Both groups speak their own Turkic languages (and both Tatar and Bashkir are closely related). However, young Russians from Tatarstan and Bashkorostan learn to speak Russian in school.
"The Bashkortostan Republic can be a model of the international consent and ethno-political stability... Representatives of more than 130 nationalities and peoples, which are adherents of various beliefs, live in the republic. The most influential religions in the republic are Islam and Orthodoxy. As of January 1, 2008 eight religious centres, 1313 religious associations of various beliefs operate in Bashkortostan Republic.
(Source: The Bashkorostan Republic official site).
The Voice of America reports that anti-Muslim violence within Russia is on the rise. It also makes the prediction that the Muslim population of Russia is growing at such a rate that the country "will have a Muslim majority [within our lifetimes] and even before that the growing number of people of Muslim background in Russia will have a profound impact on Russian foreign policy."
(Source: VOA News.)
