In the Republic of Mordovia, a total of 86 Islamic organizations were registered from January 1, 1996 to January 1, 2024, according to the United State Register of Legal Entities. Of these, 17 were eliminated, 69 remain active. The majority, 63 organizations, operate in the public sphere, the remaining 6 in the economic sphere. Islamic organizations operate in 40 settlements in the Republic of Mordovia. Cities with the largest number of Islamic organizations:
Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia – 13;.
Blueberry - 11;.
Exnovo – 3;.
Child, Limbir, Turkino, Tatarstan table, Omis Tatarsky - 2 each. In Saransk, between the years 2002-2012, there was an Islamic educational organization, the Islamic Madrasah of Abu Hanifa. In addition, the "Muslim Youth Union of Mordovia" and the "Muslim Women's Union of Mordovia" operate in the city of Saransk, as well as the "Muslims of Mordovia" charity fund to help the needy. The Republic of Mordovia has repeatedly appeared in the media in connection with scandals related to Islamic issues:.
December 2015 - The former imam of one of the mosques in Belozaria, Rabil Abdulov, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for promoting terrorist activity and transferring money to people fighting in Syria.
In 2017 there was a conflict in schools in Mordovia over the wearing of hijab in schools.
In 2018, an imam from Belozaria in Mordovia was convicted in a case of illegal ammunition and drug trafficking.
August 2020 - Elimination of Tablighi Jamaat, an extremist group banned in the Russian Federation, in Romodnovsky and Lyambirsky districts. October 2023 - The Mufti of Mordovia and the Chief Accountant of the Islamic Cultural Center in Saransk were sentenced to life imprisonment for fraud.
June 2026. Attacks and searches in the village of Belozaria, as a result of which the FSB arrested a number of local residents in terrorist cases.
May 2026 - Arrest of the mufti from Mordovia Railway Asayinov on suspicion of bribing the head of the Master's program "Islamic Economics and Finance" at the University of Mordovia.