Russia to adopt Islamic banking practices in response to western sanctions
The experimental pilot plan to implement Islamic financial practices in the country's Muslim-majority regions will, if approved, begin in February 2023.
Clergymen get ready for a prayer marking the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, while maintaining social distance amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Moscow's grand mosque in Russia July 31, 2020.(photo credit: SHAMIL ZHUMATOV / REUTERS)ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS