Roman Silantyev is a Russia

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n sociologist Islamic expert, former executive secretary of the Interreligious Council of Russia (IIRC), director of the human rights

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 center of the World Russian People's Council

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, a staff member of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations.

In 2005 Silantyev was relieved from his IIRC posts after the controversial reception of his book A Modern History of the Islamic Community in Russia, criticized both from the Muslim

Muslim

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 and Orthodox sides.

In 2007 Silantyev published another book A Modern History of Islam in Russia.

In 2008 Silantyev published Islam in Russia Today.