Idrisov, Umar Yusipovich

Born on January 1, 1954 in the city of Gorky. Ethnic Tatar . After graduating from high school, worked as a taxi driver.

In 1980, he entered the Higher Islamic Madrasah Miri-Arab in Bukhara , where he graduated with honors from a seven-year course of study. In 1987 he graduated from the Tashkent Islamic Institute named after Imam al-Bukhari . In 1988, he actively participated in the restoration of the Cathedral Mosque in Nizhny Novgorod.

Since 1991 - Imam-Khatib of the Nizhny Novgorod Cathedral Mosque . Since 1993 - Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region. Under the leadership of Umar-Khazrat in 1994, the construction of the Makhinur madrasa was completed and the first students were admitted.

In 2001, with financial support from philanthropists, natives of the village of Bolshaya Rybushkino, Abdulhamid and Mansur Sadekov and the Hafiz brothers, he initiated the construction of the Tauba mosque in Avtozavodsky district of Nizhny Novgorod. Together with Damir Muhetdinov, Idrisov initiated the construction of the Islamic Cultural Center in Nizhny Novgorod near the Cathedral Mosque (2006) and the establishment of the Nizhny Novgorod Islamic Institute. H.Faizkhanov (2005). Was a gene. Director of the Volga charity boarding house (2001).

On November 2, 2008, at the IV Congress-kurultay of delegates of the clergy and parishioners of the parishes-mahallas of Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region, Idrisov resigned as the chairman of the DUMNO in order to devote all his time to scientific and public activities. At the same time, Idrisov was elected Chairman of the Council of Ulema of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

On December 31, 2008 he was appointed official representative of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims in the Fund for the Support of Islamic Culture, Science and Education ^[1] .

Since 1997 - Professor of the International Slavic Academy of Sciences, Education, Arts and Culture. In May 2003, he was awarded the Order of Glory II degree of the Council of Muftis of Russia. In July 2004 he was awarded the Order of Friendship by decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin .

One of the co-authors of the book “The History of Islamic Communities of the Nizhny Novgorod Region”, the author of dozens of publications in periodicals, articles in collections of materials of international conferences. He is the author of the book “Bukhara Memories. 20 years of serving as imam ” ^[2] . Repeatedly made reports in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. In addition to Russian, he also speaks Tatar and Arabic languages. Married, three children.

In mid-September 2013, Umar Idrisov, in an interview with Interfax-Religion , abandoned his pupil and ally Damir Mukhetdinov and announced his intention to regain power in the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod Region ^[3] . Previously, he was elected chairman of the cathedral mosque of Nizhny Novgorod, which was opposed at the end of September 2013 by a group of more than 50 people headed by G. Zakirov and the first deputy chairman of the Council of Muftis, head of the Council of Ulema DUMNO Damir Mukhetdinov, who launched the attack (one of the attackers was father-in-law Mukhetdinov - Nadir Alimov) on Idrisov in the cathedral mosque of Nizhny Novgorod during the juma-namaz . Idrisov attributed the incident to the fact that earlier the prosecutor’s office and the police had filed a complaint about the facts of financial abuse and violations in the CID. In addition to the fact of the incident, he sent another application to law enforcement agencies. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

• Pupils of Umar Idrisov are many well-known figures in the Muslim community of Russia, heads of regional Spiritual administrations of Muslims, scholars, including the first deputy chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation Damir Mukhetdinov, a member of the Public Chamber of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Batrov , the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gayaz Zakirov, chairman Unified Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Gayaz Fatkullin and others
• In his interview to Interfax-Religion, U. Idrisov asked for forgiveness for the repeated sharp remarks against the Orthodox, which he made as chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod Muftiat. Along with this, he apologized to the Islamist Roman Silantyev , whom he had earlier severely criticized. ^[3] In turn, Silantyev noted: “I am very pleased that Umar Idrisov saw the light. The rupture of relations between the DUMNO and the Nizhny Novgorod diocese in 2005 really poisoned inter-religious relations in the region. I hope that the Nizhny Novgorod diocese will accept Idrisov’s sincere apologies, and this conflict will finally be settled, which will definitely strengthen the interfaith peace throughout the country . ” ^[13]

• Silantyev R. A. The 100 most famous "Russian Muslims". - Ekaterinburg: Ekaterinburg Diocese , Missionary Department, 2016. - 216 p. - 500 copies

• Biography on the site ansar.ru

Interview

• Answers to questions from the site of the Foundation for the Support of Islamic Culture, Science and Education // islamfund.ru, February 28, 2008