{{Infobox person | name = Ramil Belyaev | native_name = Рамиль Беляев | image = Imam Ramil Belyaev.jpg | caption = Belyaev in 2026 | other_names = Ramil Bilal | birth_date = 1978 | birth_place = Safadzhay, Pilninsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Soviet Union | education = PhD in philosophy,<br>University of Helsinki (2017)<br>Moscow Higher Spiritual Islamic College (2000) | occupation = Imam of the Finnish-Islamic Congregation<br>(2004–) | predecessor = Abdurrahman Kaya<ref> https://tatar-duslyk.ru/ramil-belyaev-tataryi-finlyandii-zhivu/</ref> | website = https://tatar.fi/ }}

'''Ramil Faritovich Belyaev'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Islam |first=Zaripov |last2=Belyaev |first2=Ramil |title=From Kabul to Tampere: details on Tatar imam Habiburrahman Shakir |url=https://www.academia.edu/28908864/From_Kabul_to_Tampere_details_on_Tatar_imam_Habiburrahman_Shakir_academic_bio_%D0%9E%D1%82_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5_%D1%88%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B8_%D0%BA_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_English_and_Russian_}}</ref> (also known as '''Ramil Bilal'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Imaamin rooli ja koulutus Suomessa |url=https://blogs.helsinki.fi/governance/files/2012/10/Imaamin-rooli-ja-koulutus-Suomessa.pdf}}</ref>; {{Langx|ru|Рамиль Фаритович Беляев}}; {{Langx|tt|Рамил Фәрит улы Беляев / Билал|}}; born 1978 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian-born Tatar imam of the Finnish Tatar community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Выпуск №7. Сведения об авторах |url=https://kpfu.ru/philology-culture/zhurnal-39tatarica39/svedeniya-ob-avtorah/vypusk-7-svedeniya-ob-avtorah-342670.html |website=kpfu.ru}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cwiklinski |first=Sebastian |title=Ramil Belyaev: The Tatar Diaspora of Finland: The Issue of Integration and Preservation of Their Identity. Helsinki 2017 (Doctoral Thesis) |url=https://kpfu.ru/portal/docs/F85355498/6_01.pdf}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

Belyaev was born in to a Tatar family in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (then ''Gorky Oblast'') village {{ill|Safadzhay|lt=|ru|Красная Горка (Красногорский сельсовет)}} (Safacay / Krasnaya Gorka). He moved to Finland in 2004 and has since served as the imam of the Finnish-Islamic Congregation, based in Helsinki. He was trained as an imam in Moscow, graduating from the Moscow Higher Spiritual Islamic College in 2000. After this, he worked as an imam-khatib in the city of Kolomna.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=30 May 2020 |title=В Финляндии вышла в свет книга о татарах |url=https://www.business-gazeta.ru/news/470362 |website=business-gazeta.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Рамиль Беляев выразил признательность Муфтию Шейху Равилю Гайнутдину за издание книги «Суры и молитвы I» |url=https://www.muslim.ru/articles/287/15196/}}</ref>

Belyaev holds a PhD in philosophy. He began studying the history of Finnish Tatars at the Department of History of the Kolomna Pedagogical Institute and continued his studies at the University of Helsinki, where he completed a doctoral dissertation in history on the same subject in 2017. In 2019, Belyaev’s history book on the Finnish Tatars, based on his dissertation, was published in Russian with the support of Rustam Minnikhanov, head of Tatarstan. In 2024, it was published in Turkish in Ankara. When Finnish president Alexander Stubb met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in October 2024, he also attended the launch event of Belyaev’s book. Mehmet Ersoy, the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, was present as well.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Ankarassa vakuuteltiin Suomen ja Turkin hyviä välejä Nato-prosessin jälkeen – Stubb: Turkki on lojaali liittolainen |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20115200 |website=yle.fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Finlandiya Tatarları Kitabı Finlandiya Cumhurbaşkanı Stubb’ın Katılımıyla YTB’de Tanıtıldı |url=https://www.ytb.gov.tr/haberler/finlandiya-tatarlari-kitabi-finlandiya-cumhurbaskani-stubbin-katilimiyla-ytbde-tanitildi |website=ytb.gov.tr}}</ref> In 2010, Belyaev had met Erdoğan when he visited the Finnish-Islamic-Congregation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 19, 2021 |title=С болью в сердце. Диаспора в Финляндии переживает за судьбу татарского языка в Татарстане |url=https://www.idelreal.org/a/31156181.html |website=idelreal.org}}</ref>

Belyaev has often taken part in religious discussions in Finland and has emphasized the importance of interfaith dialogue and peace.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uskontojen arvopaneelissa pohdittiin uskontojen arvoja ja yhteiseloa: ”Ulkonaiset erot eivät ole ihmisarvon mitta” |url=https://uskot.fi/2025/03/uskontojen-arvopaneelissa-pohdittiin-uskontojen-arvoja-ja-yhteiseloa-ulkonaiset-erot-eivat-ole-ihmisarvon-mitta/ |website=uskot.fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2025 |title=Summit for Interfaith Unity & Peace in Helsinki |url=https://rfpeurope.org/rfp-europe-core-forum-summit-for-interfaith-unity-peace-in-helsinki/ |website=rfpeurope.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yilmaz |first=Yakup |date=February 2, 2015 |title=Imaami Ramil Belyaev: Riskiretket - uskontojen paneeli ääriliikkeistä |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aby5h5dgnwU |website=youtube.com}}</ref>

Belyaev is a ''hajji''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 October 2014 |title=География Ислама: Хадж. Из лучезарной Мекки имам мусульманской общины Финляндии Рамиль хазрат Беляев |url=https://islam-today.ru/islam_v_mire/geografia-islama-hadz-iz-lucezarnoj-mekki-imam-musulmanskoj-obsiny-finlandii-ramil-hazrat-belaev/ |website=islam-today.ru}}</ref>

== Works == Literature:

* ''Татары Финляндии – история, интеграция, сохраненне идентичности''. ТДИ. Kazan, 2019. {{ISBN|978-5-6043753-3-4}} * ''Ramazan ayätläre = Ramadanin jakeet. I.'' Finlandiya İslam Cemaati''.'' Helsinki, 2018. {{ISBN|978-952-99306-9-2}} * ''Sürälär häm doalar II''. Finlandiya İslam Cemaati. 2017, Helsinki. {{ISBN|978-952-99306-5-4}} * ''Sürälär häm doalar I''. Finlandiya İslam Cemaati. 2016, Helsinki. {{ISBN|978-952-99306-4-7}}

Documentaries:

* ''Pyhä perintö'' ''/ İzge miras'', 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pyhä perintö |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJe3C_Q1L7w |website=youtube.com}}</ref> * ''Moskeijaan johtanut tie,'' 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moskeijaan johtanut tie |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJrlKbHAqA0 |website=youtube.com}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://helsinki.academia.edu/RamilBelyaev Ramil Belyaev - University of Helsinki] * [https://www.youtube.com/@ramilbelyaev4216/videos Ramil Belyaev - Youtube]

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