Belyaev Ramil Fyaritovich (born July 23, 1978, in the selo of Krasnaya Gorka, Pilninsky District, Gorky Region) is a Russian Muslim religious figure, imam of the Muslim Community of Finland, theologian, and historian working in Helsinki.[1]
Origins and education
He was born in the selo of Krasnaya Gorka in Pilninsky District, Gorky Region. He received his primary education at Krasnogorskaya Secondary School. He then studied at the Moscow Higher Spiritual Islamic College, where he qualified as a theologian. From 2001 to 2009 he studied at the history faculty of Kolomna State Pedagogical Institute and qualified as a historian and history teacher. Since 2010 he has been a doctoral candidate at the University of Helsinki (Finland).[1]
Activity in Finland
In 2004, at the invitation of the Tatar Community of Finland, he moved to Helsinki to serve as the community's imam. He is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Mähallä habärläre ("Community News").[1] Sources also mention him in this role under the name "Ramil Khazrat Belyaev."[1] In 2014 he was invited by the Association of Tatars of the United Kingdom to the CIS Youth Forum in London. In August 2015 he spoke at the seminar "The Concept of Religious Extremism," organized by the same association in Harrow.[1] During his doctoral studies he published in academic journals related to Tatar history and culture.[2]
Nizhny Novgorod connection
Belyaev was born and received his primary education in the selo of Krasnaya Gorka in Pilninsky District, which was then part of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) Region.[1]
Sources
- old.tatar.org.uk — Seminar: "The Concept of Religious Extremism" — UK TATAR ASSOCIATION
- kpfu.ru — Issue No. 7. About the authors