Ali Vyacheslav Polosin () is a Russian Muslim academic who converted to Islam in 1999. He is a former priest of the

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Biography

He was born in 1956 in

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, Russia. Studied

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. * 1983-1999 served as

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in Russian Orthodox Church. * 1990-1993 served as Member of Russia's Parliament. Polosin is an

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and an expert on interfaith dialogue and Muslim-Christian relations who is currently Director of Moscow-based Al Wasatiya Center for interfaith dialogue.

Publications

Books and articles written by Polosin have been translated into many languages.
Secular State and Islamic Tradition in Russia

Criminal sectarianism will never become the norm of life

References

External links

Islam in Dagestan

Ali Polosin - My journey to Islam

Invite to Islam and let your words work (Interview with Ali Polosin)

Secular State and Islamic Tradition in Russia

Журнал «Индекс/Досье на цензуру». 11/2000 {{DEFAULTSORT:Polosin, Vyacheslav Ali 1956 births Living people 21st-century Muslim scholars of Islam Converts to Sunni Islam from Eastern Orthodoxy Russian Sufis 20th-century Islamic religious leaders 20th-century Muslim theologians 21st-century Muslim theologians Russian Islamic religious leaders Sunni Sufis Former Russian Orthodox Christians Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation alumni Moscow State University alumni