Şihabetdin Märcani

Şihabetdin Märcani (Tatar: شہاب الدین مرجانی, Cyrillic: Шиһабетдин Мәрҗани, IPA: [ʃihæbetˈdin mærʑæˈni]; 1818–1889) was a Tatar Hanafi Maturidi theologian and historian.

• In religion three things do not exist but these things preserve it: national language, national dress and national customs.
  • As quoted in "Their Language Under Attack, Tatars Turn to Islam to Defend Their Nation’s Future", Window on Eurasia (June 17, 2019)

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