North Caucasus
Spiritual Directorate of Muslims appeals ban on encyclopedic dictionary about Islam in North Caucasus
The organisation believes that a ruling labelling the publication as extremist was biased.
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Azerbaijan
Six Shia women detained in Azerbaijan for ‘staging protest’
The women were accused of staging a protest ‘under the guise’ of religious rites.
Georgia
Adjara’s Islamic heritage forgotten by the state
Adjara’s wooden mosques — as artistic, communal, and architectural spaces — tell the story of the local Muslim community.
Ingushetia
Ingushetia endorses imam’s sexist remarks, says criticism aims to ‘destabilise region’
Last week a video was published in which he called it shameful for male waiters to serve women.
Ingushetia
Ingush imam criticises male waiters serving women
Ibragim Batyrov described the behaviour of male waiters as ‘shameful’.
Pankisi Valley
The last women performing Zikr in Pankisi — Georgia’s sacred Sufi chants edge toward silence
In Georgia’s Pankisi Valley, a sacred Sufi ritual endures — led by elderly women, the chants may soon fall silent with no one left to follow.
Chechnya
Religious school in Chechnya forced to shut down after underage teacher beat pupils
The ‘teacher' seen hitting children with a stick turned out to be a 17-year-old with no formal qualifications.
