27 March 2009
Uzbek Christians face persecution and discrimination even after death
The police and town authorities oppose a funeral for a man because his wife and son are Christian. Later they allow it, but in practically concealed form. Christians sentenced to prison solely because they gather together and pray. Persecution expanded against those who do not adhere to the country's official religion, Islam.
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28 December 2008
Church bells strike false note with Muslims
The Muslim community in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region is opposing plans to include church bells in a proposed new regional anthem. Local authorities had earlier set a competition to compose an anthem for the region.
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07 November 2008
Deadly blast hits Russian minibus
At least eight people have died in what Russian investigators say was a bomb attack that hit a minibus in Vladikavkaz, in the North Caucasus.
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14 June 2007
Prominent Islamic researcher warns against Wahhabism replacing traditional Islam throughout Russia
Moscow, June 13, Interfax - Ideas of Islamist extremism and intolerance towards other faiths are spreading today in many Russian regions, Islamic researcher Roman Silantyev maintains.
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27 February 2007
Islamist's terror attack prevented in Moscow on the eve of Fatherland Defendant Day
Moscow, February 26, Interfax - A terrorist act was foiled in Moscow on the eve of the February 23 Fatherland Defendant Day, the city Interior Department announced Monday.
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27 December 2006
Madrasahs said to lure Russians into "extremism"
Moscow, December 27, Interfax - A top Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) official claimed that some foreign madrasahs - Muslim religious schools - were inciting Russian citizens studying there to join extremist activities.
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13 December 2006
Russian court upholds conviction of Muslim teens
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the terrorism conviction of five Muslim teenagers accused of plotting to disrupt a central Russian city's millennial celebration last year, a local news agency reported
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03 December 2006
Islam thrives as Russia's population falls
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24 November 2006
Russia: Moscow to deport opponent of the Islamic regime back to Iran
Iranian dissident Zahra Kamalfar has been living with her two children in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport for almost
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20 November 2006
Russia has a Muslim dilemma Ethnic Russians hostile to Muslims
(sfgate.com) Crammed amid the gray monoliths of Moscow's 1980 Olympics complex...
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