Albir Hazrat Krganov meets with a delegation from Lebanon

October 28, 2021
The head of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia, Mufti Albir Hazrat Krganov, met with an official delegation from Lebanon, which consists of Fadi Boudayya, editor-in-chief of the International Maraya Network, Sheikh Jaafar Fadlallah, a Muslim scholar from Lebanon and Wael Al-Mawla, director of the Lebanese Al-Manar TV Channel Bureau in Syria.
The meeting took place in a warm and friendly atmosphere, where the two sides discussed the difficult political and economic situation in Lebanon in addition to the problem of Syrian refugees and displaced persons in Lebanon and the role of Muslims community in Russia.
Albert Hazrat noted that according to official estimates, more than twenty million Muslims live in Russia and the activities of Islamic organizations are currently widely supported by the Russian federal and regional authorities.
At the end of the meeting, both parties discussed possibilities of bilateral cooperation. In particular, Albir Hazrat briefed the guests on the preparations for convening a World Conference on Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue scheduled to take place in 2022 in St. Petersburg and also invited them to visit the opening of an art exhibition "Palestine through the Eyes of Russian artists" in the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation scheduled to be held in November of this year.