US expert doubts possibility that Russia to become Muslim country with mosque on Red Sq
Russia is turning to a Muslim Russia, with a mosque on Red Square in Moscow and with the majority of Muslims as the main ethnic group of the country, believes Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum. He wrote an article on Russia in the Washington Post. Mark Adomanis, contributor with Forbes does not agree with Mr. Pipes and challenges his arguments.
Daniel Pipes believes that “ethnic Muslims account for 21 million to 23 million of Russia’s total population of 144 million, or 15 percent, but their proportion is fast-growing.” He explained his point of view in the Washington Post newspaper, saying that Russian women “have on average 1.4 children,” while “Muslim women bear 2.3 children on average and have fewer abortions than their Russian counterparts. In Moscow, Tatar women have six children and Chechen and Ingush women have 10.”
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Muslim Russia?
………….. Not only do ethnic Muslims account for 21-23 million of Russia’s total population of 144 million, or 15 percent, but their proportion is fast growing. Alcoholism-plagued ethnic Russians are said to have European birth rates and African death rates, with the former just 1.4 per woman and the latter 60 years for men. In Moscow, ethnic Christian women have 1.1 child.
In contrast, Muslim women bear 2.3 children on average and have fewer abortions than their Russian counterparts. In Moscow, Tatar women have 6 children and Chechen and Ingush women have 10. In addition, some 3-4 million Muslims have moved to Russia from ex-republics of the U.S.S.R., mainly from Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan; and some ethnic Russians are converting to Islam.