Roman Anatolyevich Silantyev (russian: Роман Анатольевич Силантьев) is a Russian sociologist Islamic expert, former executive secretary of the Interreligious Council of Russia (IIRC), director of the human rights center of the

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, a staff member of the

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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

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and Eastern Orthodox sides."Statement by the Orthodox public on Silantyev's book"
In 2007 Silantyev published another book ''A Modern History of Islam in Russia''. In 2008 Silantyev published
Islam in Russia Today
'.

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