22 November 2012
From wedding dress to suicide vest: How Russian Islamic convert kissed her daughter goodbye and blew herself up at cleric's home
Brought up as an Orthodox Christian by her mother, Aminat Kurbanova looked a picture of happiness at her wedding nine years ago - marrying the man with whom she had fallen in love at drama school
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13 October 2012
Mosque to be built at Moscow’s Kremlin
The Russian government plans to build a mosque at the Kremlin to encourage multiculturalism. The committee for urban planning of the
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15 September 2012
Radical Islamist sentenced to probation for terrorism promotion
The Moscow City Court has sentenced radical Islamist Tatyana Tarasova to 1.5 years of probation for posting an article promoting terrorism on a Muslim
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08 August 2012
Russia: Muslim sect members charged with abuse
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian prosecutors have brought child abuse charges against members of a reclusive Muslim sect accused of keeping some of their children in underground cells for over 10 years.
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04 August 2012
Claim of Responsibility in Russia Attack
MOSCOW — A self-described guerrilla fighter urging strict adherence to Islamic law has claimed responsibility for the killing last month of one Muslim leader and the attempted murder of another, in Tatarstan, a region in central Russia that prides itself on a tradition of religious tolerance
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05 June 2012
'Allah's enemy!' Radio host slash-attacked for anti-Islam rant on air
A radio host has been hospitalized after being cut 15 times by an unidentified criminal. Two weeks ago the journalist ventured to criticize the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed, on air
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31 March 2012
Robbers Preying on Gays Held in Moscow
Two natives of the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan were arrested in Moscow on suspicion of robbing at least 30 gay Muscovites, three of whom were killed, city police said.
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04 January 2012
"Father Christmas" stabbed to death in Tajikistan
(Reuters) - A young man dressed as "Father Frost" - the Russian equivalent of Father Christmas - was stabbed to death in Tajikistan on Monday in an attack police believe was motivated by religious hatred, two police sources said.
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31 August 2011
Eight confirmed dead in Chechnya suicide attacks
At least eight people have been killed and 22 injured in two suicide attacks in the Chechen capital Grozny, local officials said on Wednesday.
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26 July 2011
Islamic terror group harboured by finland promises Russia 'ayea of blood&tears'
Moscow’s most wanted Islamist militant Doku Umarov warned that Russia would be the target of a newly strengthened insurgency in a video posted on an Islamist affiliated website on Monday.
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18 July 2011
Russia says militant attack foiled in Moscow
(Reuters) - Russia's top security official said on Monday that authorities had averted a "large terrorist attack" in the Moscow area by militants armed with homemade bombs and other weapons.
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