Chechnya
Chechen bookshops searched for banned Islamic literature
On 25–26 February, Chechen authorities conducted raids on bookshops in the Chechen capital, Grozny, to search for banned Islamic literature. The Chechen Department for Relations with Religious and Community Organisations, together with the Muftiate and the Prosecutor’s Office, searched for banned Islamic literature in order to ‘protect readers from the influence of extremist ideas’. Searches were conducted in practically all bookshops in the Berkat shopping centre in the centre of Grozny
