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Russia says Islamist rebel leader killed
CCTV 8 March 2010
A senior Islamist rebel has been killed in a gun battle in the southwestern Russian town of Nazran. State-run TV broadcast video of the raid. The footage was provided by the country's security 
Al-Shams CEO eyes promoting Islamic finance in Russia
Arab News 8 March 2010
By MUSHTAK PARKER
Adalet Djabiev is the "comeback kid" of Russian Islamic financial services. He is also part of the new generation of Russian bankers that have mushroomed in the post Soviet Union era and is passionate
Moscow's Muslim Slums Now Breeding Grounds for Despair
The Moscow Times 25 February 2010
By Paul Goble
An increasing number of Muslim guest workers in the Russian capital "are living in inhuman conditions, suffering from cold, hunger and disease,” harassed by government officials, and largely ignored
Strasbourg court rules against Russia in 3 Chechen disappearances
RIA Novosti 13 February 2010
Russia has lost two cases in the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights over the disappearance of several people in Chechnya, the statement on the court's website said on Friday. The first case
Russia: Mufti Council to cooperate with Hamas
Islam in Europe 12 February 2010
Head of Russia’s Mufti Council Ravil Gainutdin agreed on "mutual help and cooperation” with the HAMAS Palestinian movement, the Council’s website reports. "Muslims of Russia take the situation
Six militants killed in Russia's Chechnya
Xinhua 4 February 2010
MOSCOW - Russian police killed six militants in the volatile North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov said Thursday. Up to 10 gunmen were trapped by
Russian police kill al-Qaeda's 'sword of Islam'
RIA Novosti 3 February 2010
A militant shot dead by police in the south Russian republic of Dagestan was one of the co-founders of al-Qaeda in the North Caucasus, a security service spokesman said on Wednesday. Egyptian
Moderate Turkish Islamists hit the big time
RIA Novosti 27 January 2010
By Dmitry Babich
On Monday the presidents of three influential Muslim states, Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan, gathered for a summit in Istanbul. This top-level meeting is another testimony to Turkey's ambition to
Chechen leader incensed at website nominating him for Russian presidency
News.Az 25 January 2010
Chechnya's Moscow-backed president, Ramzan Kadyrov, has described as a "provocation" a website promoting him as a Russian presidential candidate. The website, headlined Ramzan Kadyrov - Russian
Kadyrov wants creation of single Council of Muftis in Russia
Interfax-Religion 25 January 2010
Grozny - Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov says Russia needs to create a single Council of Muftis comprising all spiritual directorates of Russian Muslims. "I definitely
Russia forms new mostly Muslim district
Canada.com 20 January 2010
By Antoine Lambroschini
MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed Tuesday a powerful new envoy to the North Caucasus tasked with boosting development in a new district that groups the country's most violent
Moscow prosecutor warns mufti Gainutdin against violating law on extremism
Interfax-Religion 19 January 2010
The Moscow Prosecutor's Office has warned the head of Russia's Council of Muftis, Ravil Gainutdin, that federal laws must not be breached. "I would like to warn the head of Russia's European
B'nai Brith Canada denounces 'blood libel' article
Ynetnews 18 January 2010
By Dan Verbin
British Columbia newspaper pulls article from website, issues apology after being condemned by B'nai Brith Canada for publication of article headlined 'Ukrainian kids, new victims of Israeli organ
Hizb ut-Tahrir activists detained in Kyrgyzstan
Interfax-Religion 18 January 2010
Bishkek - Six suspected members of the outlawed Hizb ut-Tahrir organization have been detained in the Issyk-Kul region in northern Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz National Security
Book Essay: The strange world of Ayn Rand
By Henrik R Clausen 25 Dec 2009
Like many others, I've been fascinated by the magnum opus of Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged. This huge tale of Good vs. Evil, workers vs. looters, entrepreneurs vs. moochers starts off slow, but once one gets the plot, this tale of a future USA descending into the evils of Soviet-style Socialism is gripping and eerily relevant.
RF to broaden constructive dialogue with Islamic world - Medvedev
ITAR-TASS 21 December 2009
MOSCOW - As an observer in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Russia intends to broaden the constructive dialogue with the Islamic world that will contribute
Murder of Russian Priest Sign of Religious Tensions in Moscow
Persecution.org 21 December 2009
By Michael Ireland
Flowers still decorate the gates of St. Thomas, the small wooden church in the south of Moscow where Father Daniil Sysoyev served. They represent an outpouring of grief for the priest who
Scandal Unfolds about Mosque Put Up for Auction in Russia
Russia-InfoCenter 21 December 2009
For the first time in the history of Russia a mosque was brought under the hammer. The biggest Muslim mosque of the Nizhni Novgorod Region was put up for auction. The
At least 18 wounded in suicide blast attack in Ingushetia
RIA Novosti 17 December 2009
At least 18 people were wounded in a suicide car bomb blast at a traffic police station in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, local investigators said on Thursday. A spokesman for the
Poland stops train with protesting Chechen refugees
Georgiandaily 16 December 2009
By Chris Borowski
WARSAW - Polish border guards stopped a train carrying 200 Chechens seeking to cross into Germany on Tuesday on their way to protest against conditions at Polish refugee camps where they
