«Тюремное служение» имамов Духовного управления мусульман Нижегородской области в 2007–2021 гг.

Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2021. Т. 14. № 4. С. 796–818.

Корнилов А. А., Orekhov A.

Translator: А. А. Корнилов

This article is devoted to the imams’ prison service of the Spiritual Administration
of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod Region (DUMNO) in the institutions of the Federal
Penitentiary Service of Russia in 2007-2021. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that the
imams’ work comes as a contribution to the observance of the convicts’ rights for the freedom of
conscience and to the help in practicing their religion. This article describes the evolution of the
imams’ prison service as a form of social service in the period from 2007 to 2021 in institutions
of to the Offi ce of Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Nizhny Novgorod Region. The
source base of the study includes materials of the offi cial websites of the DUMNO, the Offi ce of
Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Nizhny Novgorod Region, the media content, Russian
legislation and regulations, interviews with imams, offi cials of Federal Penitentiary Service of
Russia and convicts. The study results a vision of the evolution of relations between DUMNO
and the Offi ce of Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Nizhny Novgorod Region. The paper
demonstrates a gradual increase in the number of imams’ contacts, forms of work with convicts
to improve the situation in the fi eld of rights of convicts. Moreover, the research exposes the
fact of growing numbers of imams having gained experience in prison service. According to the
results of the study Islamic education for convicts comes as the important part of imams’ prison
service.

Keywords: ислам, Islam, тюремное служение, penal system, уголовно-исправительная система, свобода совести и вероисповедания, freedom of conscience and religion