06/15/2007
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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02/27/2007
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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12/27/2006
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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12/13/2006
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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12/04/2006
Islam thrives as Russia's population falls
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11/24/2006
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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11/20/2006
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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08/01/2006
FSB Claims Rebels Courted Hamas
(themoscowtimes.com) Top Chechen rebels have tried without success to convince Hamas and Hezbollah to send fighters to the North Caucasus and might have had a hand in the killing of four...
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06/09/2006
Russia rebels kill police chief's family
MOSCOW: Gunmen in southern Russia killed a local police commander, his three young children and two others on Friday when they ambushed the car taking him to work, a Russian news agency reported
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03/01/2006
Analyst Predicts Muslim Majority in Russia Within 30 Years
A leading specialist on ethnic minorities in the Russian Federation says within the next several decades Russia will become a country with a Muslim majority
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12/14/2005
Putin Calls Russia Islamic World's Most Reliable Ally
Russia is the Islamic world's most reliable partner, President Vladimir Putin said in Chechnya on Monday, implying that by attacking Russia, terrorists were doing their cause a disservice.
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