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Islamophobia in Russia
Nationalist demonstration in Moscow last month The election in August 2013 of Sergei Sobyanin, an ultranationalist, as mayor of Moscow has given racism in Russia a prominent official face. Then last...
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Kaliningrad court halts mosque construction
The Central District Court has halted construction of the mosque on two land lots in the Southern Park of Kaliningrad, Rosbalt reports. Kaliningrad City – the Museum of Fridlanskiye Vorota filed a...
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Terrorism heightens Islamophobia in Russia
Nationalist demonstration in Moscow in November 2013 A spate of terrorist attacks in southern Russia related to jihadist and anti-Russian insurgencies in the North Caucasus have not only led to...
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A group of Moscow muftis is demanding city authorities officially retract a warning about potential suicide bombers’ unusual behavior in mosques and the description of prayer sites as terrorist...
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Why Sochi has no mosques
Russian president Vladimir Putin calls Sochi, site of February’s Winter Olympics, “the biggest construction site on the planet,” and for good reason. Since being awarded the games in 2007, the...
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View ArticleMolotov cocktails thrown at mosque in Crimea
Unknown vandals have attacked Chukurcha-Jami mosque in Crimea, drawing Nazi swastikas before setting the mosque on fire in a new provocation to Crimea’s Tatar Muslim, Crimean News Agency reported on...
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Moscow mayor: No more mosques in my city
No more mosques will be built in Moscow, despite the huge crowds that swamp the city’s four public mosques on Muslim holidays, because they are mainly used by temporary workers, Moscow Mayor Sergei...
View ArticleWoman murdered and mutilated with cross symbols in Moscow – police
A woman from Russia’s predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan was found murdered in Moscow, with symbols of the cross slashed on her body, police said Sunday. The woman’s body was found on a staircase...
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Islamophobia in Russia
Nationalist demonstration in Moscow last month The election in August 2013 of Sergei Sobyanin, an ultranationalist, as mayor of Moscow has given racism in Russia a prominent official face. Then last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kaliningrad court halts mosque construction
The Central District Court has halted construction of the mosque on two land lots in the Southern Park of Kaliningrad, Rosbalt reports. Kaliningrad City – the Museum of Fridlanskiye Vorota filed a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Terrorism heightens Islamophobia in Russia
Nationalist demonstration in Moscow in November 2013 A spate of terrorist attacks in southern Russia related to jihadist and anti-Russian insurgencies in the North Caucasus have not only led to...
View ArticleApplication to hold rally against Islamophobia in Moscow will be rejected
City Hall plans to turn down a petition by Muslim activists to hold a rally “against Islamophobia and Caucasus-phobia” on Manezh Square, a Moscow security official said. The area “doesn’t have the...
View ArticleMoscow Muslims condemn warning about terrorists in mosques
A group of Moscow muftis is demanding city authorities officially retract a warning about potential suicide bombers’ unusual behavior in mosques and the description of prayer sites as terrorist...
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Why Sochi has no mosques
Russian president Vladimir Putin calls Sochi, site of February’s Winter Olympics, “the biggest construction site on the planet,” and for good reason. Since being awarded the games in 2007, the...
View ArticleDiscrimination Olympics: Meddling with Muslims in Sochi
During its buildup, NBC’s Bob Costas stated that the Sochi Games will, “take place against a backdrop of questions about policy differences, security, cost overruns and human rights issues, including...
View ArticleMolotov cocktails thrown at mosque in Crimea
Unknown vandals have attacked Chukurcha-Jami mosque in Crimea, drawing Nazi swastikas before setting the mosque on fire in a new provocation to Crimea’s Tatar Muslim, Crimean News Agency reported on...
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