Muslim fighters are prominent in Russia's invasion of Ukraine but a proposal to build a mosque and religious center has shown up fault lines in Russian society.
"Discrimination against Muslims is not uncommon," he said."Although the number of Muslim servicemen grows, the Russian army does not provide Muslim servicemen with the necessary conditions for religious observance.""A lengthy history of the brutal hazing of new recruits is one issue, retaliation against superiors is another," Robert Crews, history professor at.
"Orthodox Christian symbols and imagery are dominant, but they do not exclude attention to Islam as a component part of a military that has been multi-confessional since at least the 16th century," Crews said. "In the case of prolonged hostilities, lack of changes in the war zone, and, consequently, a growing number of dead Muslims, we can expect increasing dissatisfaction among Muslim servicemen," Brylov said.
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