Kamil Samigullin
Kamil Samigullin | |
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| Камиль Самигуллин Камил Сәмигуллин | |
| Born | March 22, 1985 |
| Other names | Abu Akhmad al-Kazani, Kamil khazrat |
| Predecessor | Ildus Fayzov (2011–2013) |
| Website | https://dumrt.ru/ru/ |
Kamil Iskanderovich Samigullin (Russian: Камиль Искандерович Самигуллин, Tatar: Камил Искәндәр улы Сәмигуллин, romanized: Kamil İskəndər ulı Səmiğullin; born March 22, 1985, Mari ASSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian religious figure, acting as the mufti of the Republic of Tatarstan. He is also the chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan, and a Hanafi-Maturidi scholar.
Samigullin was born into a Tatar family in Krasnogorsky, in the current day Mari El Republic. Samigullin graduated from the Turkish İsmailağa in 2007 and belongs to the Naqshbandi order. Samigullin has expressed great affection towards the Turkish Risale-i Nur and Nurism. Before this, Samigullin had studied in North Caucasus Islamic University of Makhachkala. Samigullin is a Hafiz of the Quran. In 2022, Samigullin received the title of Doctor of Islamic Sciences after having defended his dissertation in Arabic on the topic "The contribution of Tatar theologians to the Quranic sciences and the study of the rasma (writing rules) of the Quran". Samigullin is fluent in both Arabic and Turkish.
Samigullin has been the mufti of Tatarstan since April 13, 2013. Earlier positions include being the imam in Tyumen region as well as the imam of the Tınıçlıq mosque in Kazan.
In Russian media, Kamil Samigullin is sometimes also known as Abu Akhmad al-Kazani and Kamil khazrat Samigullin.