Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address to Russian Muslims in connection with the Eid al-Fitr holiday shows the president’s desire to maintain centuries-old traditions of inter-religious and inter-ethnic harmony in Russia, political scientist, candidate of historical sciences Alexander Rudakov believes.
“The President demonstrates that he is a leader for all residents of the country, representatives of all nationalities and religions,” says the expert, adding that Russia is a unique “family family”, “family of peoples”, a state. -Civilization in which religious traditions develop on the basis of mutual respect and good neighborliness.
According to Alexander Rudakov, the actions of the head of state show his desire to preserve this potential and historical experience.
The President traditionally congratulates the representatives of the main confessions of Russia on their most important holiday, thus emphasizing respect for each of them, the history of the practice of these religions in Russia, people’s rights of belief and freedom of religion. states the political scientist.
“It is of particular importance that the traditional religions of Russia have a close basis of ethics and values. Rudakov believes that shared ideas about good and evil, righteousness and immorality, what is right and what is wrong, have played an important role in our history.
He states that the solidarity of people brought up in different religious cultures helped Russia survive both during the Patriotic War of 1812 and during the Great Patriotic War.
“And already in our time, in the 21st century, the solidarity of representatives of different nationalities and religions living in our country helped to defeat the forces of international terrorism, to preserve the state unity of Russia,” adds the expert.
Rudakov believes that this fact also determines the efforts of the state to create optimal conditions for the development of religious education in Russia, and especially for the revival of Muslim traditions of spiritual education.
On April 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian Muslims on Eid-al-Fitr, wishing them health, happiness, energy and strength to do good deeds. The address of the head of state is officially published Web site Kremlin.