Ivan Sukhov: Russia’s corruption stokes ISIS terrorism
Russia is a Muslim land - an estimated 10 million to 15 million Muslims live here, or 10 percent of the population. Although this number is too small to put Russia in the same category as Egypt, Pakistan or Indonesia, it is large enough to seriously change the country's familiar cultural landscape.
Ramadan began in Moscow on June 28, as it did throughout the Arab world. When that period of fasting ends one month later, tens of thousands of believers will gather at each of the capital city's four mosques. The structures cannot hold so many of the faithful, and, as always, the mass of worshippers spills over and fills the side streets.
