How to be a muslim in russia?
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You are not making sense.
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No way\n\nindian communits are different from russians.
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For information about population, geography, major industries and religions use the CIA World Factbook (I'll link to it below).  For information about culture, history and important monuments, use Wikipedia (which I'll also link to).\n\nSome general facts to get you started:\n\nCapital: Moscow\nLanguage: Russian\nPopulation: about 143 million\nSize: about 17 million square kilometers (largest country)\n\nRussia used to be part of the Communist USSR.  The USSR dissolved in December of 1991 under the power of Boris Yeltsin, but the major societal changes came from Mikhail Gorbachev.  He introduced politcies of perestroika (restructuring through economic reform) and glasnost (openness through free speech and political debate).
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Russia is now a "democratic" federation, consisting of one main province, Russia, which covers most of Siberia to Moscow, and then some.  It also has a few smaller provinces within its federation, but most have been a part of Russia for the last few centuries and have been almost totally assimulated.  An instance where this is not the case, however, is Chechnya.  Chechnya is considered a Russian province, but muslims in Chechnya claim to be independent, so Russia sees itself as putting down an internal rebellion while the chechyans are repelling invaders from their point of view.  Russia currently has an electedparliament and elected executive, i'm unsure about the judicial branch, if there is one.
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MASHALLAH :-))  Congrations on your reversion to Islam.\n\nI think it is important that in your heart that you feel Muslim, and take your Shahada, then everything will follow from that!  God will understand that it is difficult for new muslims. After all the Quran was revealed over a period of 20years. So the first followers had a long time to make adjustments.\n\nYou will be suprised how many things come naturally :-)\n\nFor Islamic clothing a muslim women must cover all her areas accept for her face and hands (feet are also ok - no need for socks in the summer) and it must not show her curves or be see-through, when she is in public or the company of unrelated males. Clothing can take many forms to cover her culture as long as it keeps to those basic rules.\n\n I suggest you first start wearing lose clothes, and long sleaves, and long skirts /trousers. And then a head scarf.\nI remember when I first started wearing a headscarf, everyday for the 1st two weeks, I said I would never wear it again! But really it became easy, now I much prefer to wear a headscarf. I like matching them to me clothes, and it means I never have a bad hair day.  I suggest buying nice colours so they are fun at first to wear. I find a square type the easiest. It suits my face, and I just fold in a triangle , and pin it under my face. Headscarfs are easy to buy online, Or in any area with Muslims.\nYou might later want to wear a jilbab (a long jacket outer garment) but for now a think basic hijab is enough. You dont want to be too daunted :-)\nBTW wearing the hijab his great , you will notice you get a lot more respect :-)\n\nWhere do you live?  If you live in the UK perhaps I could tell about some sisters circles.  PM me if you need any help.\n\nGood luck 8-))
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morelli26 advised you to speak to an expat who lives in Russia. Well, that would be me. It's fabulous. The people are the greatest and the problems, although true are wildly exaggerated by the press over here.\n\nYou don't give a lot of info. Have you been before? Do you speak the language? What job do you do?\n\nWithout speaking Russian, pretty much the only job you could do is EFL teaching which long-term isn't really great. Unless your Russian is pretty fluent or you have some fabulously snazzy career, you won't get any other work.\n\nWhen you have a job, the red tape isn't too awful. Your employer will do most of it for you. Keep in mind that Moscow is extremely expensive these days, especially for housing. Petersburg is a little better but there are lots of other modern, lovely cities you could look into that would be cheaper.\n\nIf you haven't already, learn the language. It's really not that bad with a bit of work.\n\nMy best advice would be to get a tourist visa and go and check it out before making any decisions.
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I am Muslim and I can answer this for you:\n\nA person is a Muslim when they CHOOSE to be a Muslim. It doesnt matter if your Mother, Father, and your whole family are Muslims--you can only be a Muslim when you CHOOSE Islam.\n\nThere are people whose parents are Muslims, but they themselves are not because they dont want to be. \n\nWhen a person become an adult, they have to make the decision to be a Muslim. It has to come from the heart and be sincere. \n\nWhat makes a person a Muslim is this:\n1. Believing there is only 1 God.\n\n2. Believing in the Prophets of God: Moses, Jesus, Abraham, King David, and all the many others--and believing in the messages they taught. And believing in the Koran as the last and final book sent from God. \n\n3. Believing in Day of Judgement and the AfterLife. Knowing that we are here on earth as a test; and in the end, God will reward us with Heaven or hellfire.\n\nThose are the main things-once you believe this, you will be guided to greater Truth as time goes by. \n\nCheck out this site, and it will answer Most of your questions.\nPeace
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ask  new muslims  in your  town  and  they will  say to you\n\nwww.sultan.org
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Any day you are welcome. Wear something long sleeved and long trousers or a long skirt - try not to wear anything too tight. Take a scarf and drape it over your hair. Take your shoes off when you enter the prayer area - you will see easily where. Ask the Imam to explain some things about the mosque to you, or any other muslim woman who you see I am sure will be glad to help. You will be made to feel very welcome. You won't be allowed into the men's prayer area and men won't be allowed into the womens- but you are not missing much, they are essentially exactly the same. Ask any questions you want. Some mosques (the larger ones) have bookshops which are good. I think you will find it a very peaceful friendly place hopefully.
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YES! Russia gave a verbal agreement to Iran and other Muslim nations that they will defend Islamic interests back in December of last year.\nChina is in agreement and has Russia's back. You do the math.
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I assume you can read and write in Russian.\nFor a passive search (you post a message about a person and wait), there is a site:\nhttp://poisk.vid.ru/ \n\nSmaller forums are\nhttp://joinfriends.com/\nhttp://www.phorum.an.ru/read.php?f=40&t=126&a=1\n\nFor active search you might try phone directories. \nIf person lives in Moscow/ St.Peterburgh, try http://interweb.spb.ru/phone/ - it has links to other cities, but it's quite cumbersome\nhttp://www.infobroker.ru/bodymgts.htm (Moscow only)\n\nFinally, try to use Russian search engines:\nhttp://www.rambler.ru\nhttp://www.yandex.ru\nhttp://www.aport.ru\nhttp://www.rinet.ru:8080/buki/slistse.html\nhttp://pntxn.virtualave.net/multi.htm
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Go to the local College that teaches Russian and hire a grad student or upperlevel undergrad. Usually just posting one of those "Help Wanted"signs with the tear off numbers in the language department should bring you in a lot of qualified students/teachers.  They are usually cheap and would love to have resume experience as a professional translator.
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To apply to Canada's immigration programme, the first thing you need to do is scour www.cic.gc.ca - it's not a user-friendly website but it's all they've got. The basic concept for skilled workers such as yourself if that you need to find a job in Canada in your field while you are abroad (in either Russia or in Canada). You need to apply and, if you're accepted, then you start the work visa process from there. It's possible to get a work visa without getting a job in Canada first, but it's much more difficult. And lonelier :) Look at online job classified ads on Canadian websites.\n\nCanada's immigration system (for work visas) works on a point system - speaking English at a certain level (might want to take TOEFL) is worth many points, as is being a mechanical engineer. You might have a good chance of being accepted. The important thing is to follow the instructions on the website I've just mentioned to the letter - it's long and annoying but the only way to do it. I can't say anything about Moscow but the Canadian consulate in Ankara is highly unhelpful. Phoning them for advice will get you nowhere - you'll just hear a recording telling you to go to that website. Istanbul is filled with companies that will take $1000 from you to fill out the forms but not guarantee any results. They are mostly scams - be very, very careful before using any of them. Again I don't know about Moscow.\n\nSon olarak, bol şanslar. Kanada'nın vize işlemleri çok uzun sürüyor, çok pahalı oluyor ve çok sinir bozucu oluyor. Ama sabır edersen büyük ihtimalle eninde sonunda alabileceksin. Sadece bir sene kadar bir zaman tanı ve mucize bekleme.\n\nKolay gelsin :)
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well that's a good question.as u yrself hv mentioned,the country is SO BIG.well that's the hint.russia is a MULTIRACIAL country.in the russian lang itself there hav been two dif terms:Русский-Русская [russkiy-russkaya] (a man and a woman who belong to Russian {european} ethnic and Российский-Российская [rossiyskiy-rossiyskaya] (a man and woman of the/who live in the Russian Federation.he/she might be a Russian or not).according to wikipedia: As of the Russian Census (2002), 79.8% of the population is ethnically Russian, 3.8% Tatar, 2% Ukrainian, 1.2% Bashkir, 1.1% Chuvash, 0.9% Chechen, 0.8% Armenian. The remaining 10.3% includes those who did not specify their ethnicity as well as (in alphabetical order) Assyrians, Avars, Azeris, Belarusians, Bulgarians, Buryats, Chinese, Cossacks, Estonians, Evenks, Finns, Georgians, Germans, Greeks, Ingushes, Inuit, Jews, Kalmyks, Karelians, Kazakhs, Koreans, Kyrgyz, Lithuanians, Latvians, Maris, Mongolians, Mordvins, Nenetses, Ossetians, Poles, Romanians, Tajiks, Tuvans, Turkmen, Udmurts, Uzbeks, Yakuts, and others. Nearly all of these groups live compactly in their respective regions; Russians are the only people significantly represented in every region of the country.to be short russians represent the european race of the russian federation.just look at them:blonde hair,blue eyes etc....
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Are they Muslim? I bet that Muslims get preferred treatment. Try applying for a permit to visit Mecca. Tyhat will get you in.
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It depends on who you are. If you are a person of authority who needs to verify someone's identity, then you would have to contact a russian embassy or consulate general that is closest to you and hope for their cooperation.\n\nIf you just know a passport number of a russian citizen and need to verify it, you can try contacting the consulate as well, but chances are they will not be very forthcoming with information since such matters are confidential.
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I am Russian, what can I do for you? I would like to help. I am sorry you are hurting, if there is anything I can do, let me know.