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Traditional Chechen Islam (Sufism?) to be taught in Chechen schools
 The teaching of traditional Islam is introduced in Chechnya's schools beginning from Tuesday, Chechen President Alu Alkhanov told reporters. He said the teaching of traditional Islam was very important, as terrorists act under slogans of extremist religious doctrines. "They try to distort Islam, while it professes peaceful coexistence and tolerance to other religions," Alkhanov said at a ceremony of opening a new school in the village of Alleroi. The new school has been named after Chechnya's late president Akhmad Kadyrov, who died in a bomb attack in Grozny in last May. Kadyrov visited Alleroi a year and a half ago and promised that another school would be built in the village.Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-01-12 |
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