In this issue, a number of researchers speak about peculiarities of Soviet Islam. In his study of the history of the Muslim community in Soviet Moscow, M. Safarov focuses on the use of oral narrative. A. Starostin writes about the phenomenon of “Soviet Islam” in the Middle Urals. K.A. Morgunov tells about imams of Orenburg mosques and their role in preserving Muslim religious traditions in 1940s-1980s.

G. Sayfullina in her article discusses permissibility of music in Islam from the point of view of Tatar theologians and Nadya Tom addresses Muslim hip-hop.

I. Alekseev analyzes the models of Arab revolutions revealing the views of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Khaldun. A.R. Ayupova writes about Muslim religious movements in modern Britain.