Chechnya
Council of muftis to discuss demolition of historic Chechen mosque in Daghestan
The planned council was announced by Chechen Mufti Salah Mezhiev.
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Daghestan
Former Shamil Basaev hostage arrested in Moscow after metro row with woman in niqab
Natalya Medvedeva has been sentenced to seven days of administrative detention for hooliganism.
Chechnya
Arab Court of Arbitration grants membership to Kadyrov’s 17-year-old son
Seventeen-year-old Adam Kadyrov, son of Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov, gained his membership during a visit to Egypt.
North Caucasus
A ‘peculiar PR stunt’: how a fatwa on polygamy caused controversy and confusion in Russia
Multiple marriages have existed in the North Caucasus for centuries, raising the question, why was a fatwa needed in the first place?
Adam Kadyrov
Quran burner beaten by Adam Kadyrov sentenced to 14 years for treason
A man accused of burning a Quran who was subsequently assaulted by Ramzan Kadyrov’s son in detention has been sentenced to a total of 14 years in prison for collaborating with Ukraine. On Monday, the United Press Service of Regional Courts in Russia announced that Nikita Zhuravel, 20, was found guilty of treason by a court in Volgograd. He was sentenced to a total of 14 years in prison ‘followed by the restriction of freedom for a period of one year’. He was previously sentenced in Feb
Chechnya
Mufti of Chechnya elected leader of North Caucasian Muslims
The Mufti of Chechnya and known advisor to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Salakh Mezhiev, has been elected chair of the Coordination Centre of Muslims of the North Caucasus. On 28 September, the Council of Muftis unanimously elected Mezhiyev during a meeting in Cherkessk, the capital city of Karachay–Cherkessia. ‘I congratulate the respected Sheikh Salakh-Khadzhi Mezhiev on his election to this post. I am confident that he will justify the high trust placed in him by religious leaders o
