Ingushetia

July 23, 2024 23:16

• Court sentences Malik Gandaloev to 20 years in jail

  Malik Gandaloev, a native of Ingushetia, whom investigators treat as one of hostage-takers at the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), has been sentenced to 20 years of freedom deprivation on charges of involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS)* and manufacturing explosives.

July 19, 2024 17:25

• Dagestani journalist apologizes for his tabloid report about polyandry in Ingushetia

  Murad Magomedov, a journalist from Dagestan, voiced a public apology to residents of Ingushetia for a video released on a TV channel, which reported that a young woman from the village of Plievo, using elements of disguise, allegedly got married several times.

July 16, 2024 23:58

• Human rights defenders doubt law enforcers’ report on investigation into militants’ attack on Ingushetia

  During the investigation into the attack on Ingushetia by a militant grouping led by Shamil Basaev, law enforcers were detaining people from Chechnya in refugee camps, human rights defenders recalled. They called the investigation system involving classified witnesses questionable.

July 16, 2024 22:26

• Amid criticism of Davankov’s initiative, Muftis of North-Caucasian regions explain the ban on niqabs

  The bill put forward by Vladislav Davankov, a Vice-Speaker of the Russian State Duma, to ban wearing religious clothing in schools and public places is anti-Islamic in nature, the Muftis of North-Caucasian regions are sure.

July 14, 2024 23:16

• Network users support North-Caucasian Muftis' protest against ban on wearing niqabs

  The Muslims' Coordination Centre of Northern Caucasus (MCCNC) has asked the Russian President not to pass a bill banning religious clothing. The Muftis of Northern Caucasus have stated that this ban violates believers' rights. Commentators in social networks have supported the Muftis' appeal, noting that this initiative has already split the society.

July 11, 2024 23:05

• Novosibirsk activist speaks out in defence of victims of domestic violence in Northern Caucasus

  Elena Tardasova-Yun, an activist from Novosibirsk, became the second woman in Russia, who held a solo picket with the demand to investigate the disappearance of Seda Suleimanova in Chechnya. The situation with domestic violence in Northern Caucasus requires a separate law to protect women, Elena Tardasova-Yun has noted during her picket.

July 08, 2024 19:55

• Islamic scholars dispute on aim of banning niqabs in Dagestan and KChR

  The niqab problem is far-fetched for Russia, but the ban thereof introduced in Dagestan and the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) will be followed by attacks on hijabs and other attributes of Islam, the Islamic scholars interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" are sure.

July 08, 2024 19:38

• Concert organizers doubt need for dress code for performers in Northern Caucasus

  There is no need to introduce a dress code for the pop performers who come to give concerts in the republics of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), since the performers are sensitive to local traditions, tour organizers have commented on the officials' idea.

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