Tomasz Miśkiewicz

Tomasz Miśkiewicz (born 9 July 1977) is the Polish mufti of the Muzułmański Związek Religijny (Muslim Religious Association).^[1]^[2] He is an ethnic Lipka Tatar. He is also the imam of Białystok. He was appointed mufti on the 20 March 2004 during the XV Congress of the Muzułmański Związek Religijny.

He has a degree in Shari'a law at a university in Saudi Arabia.

He is one of the representatives of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth. He also runs a foundation, the aim of which is to build a complex of mosques and trade buildings. He develops agrotourism in the regions of old Tartar mosques.

Award from the Polish Government

Miskiewicz, mainly for his work with the young Muslims, has received the Cross of Merit.

Literature

Piotr Borawski; Aleksander Dubiński (1986). Tatarzy polscy. Warsaw: Iskry. p. 270. ISBN 83-207-0597-5.
Piotr Borawski (1986). Tatarzy w dawnej Rzeczypospolitej. Warsaw: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza. p. 317. ISBN 83-205-3747-9.
Jan Tyszkiewicz (1989). Tatarzy na Litwie i w Polsce; studia z dziejów XIII-XVIII w. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. p. 343. ISBN 83-01-08894-X.
Ryszard Saciuk (1989). Tatarzy podlascy. Białystok: Regional Museum of Białystok. p. 36.

References

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