KAZAN, Russia — Tatarstan’s Congress of Muslims has elected Ildus Faiz as the republic’s new religious leader or “mufti” for the next four years, RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir Service reports. Some 556 delegates representing all Muslim communities in Tatarstan participated in an electoral congress on April 13. Faiz — who was the government’s hand-picked candidate — received […]