Document #1354094

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Another Imam Murdered In Daghestan

November 12, 2012
 
Local authorities in Russia's autonomous republic of Daghestan say another Muslim leader has been murdered.
 
Imam Gadzhi Aliyev, known as a moderate, was shot dead near his house in the central Levashi district by unknown assailants on November 11.
 
An investigation is under way.
 
The incident took place two weeks after unknown gunmen shot dead another Muslim cleric, Kalimulla Ibragimov, and two of his relatives in Daghestan's city of Derbent. Ibragimov was a self-styled imam who preached fundamentalist Islam.
 
Ibragimov's murder followed the killing of Daghestan's leading moderate Muslim Sufi cleric, Said Afandi Atsayev, in August.
 
Daghestan has become one of the most volatile republics in Russia's North Caucasus.
 
Islamic insurgents professing extreme forms of Islam regularly attack moderate Muslims, police, and officials.
 
Based on reporting by Interfax and ITAR-TASS
 

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ecoi.net description:
Republic of Dagestan, Levashi district: Muslim leader Imam Gadzhi Aliyev, known as a moderate, has been killed near his house by unknown assailants on 11 November 2012
Country:
Russian Federation
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/imam-slain-daghestan/24768520.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
12 November 2012
Document ID:
1354094 (former ID 230886)

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