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| Imam's assistant gunned down in Dagestan |
| 2011-11-15 |
| An imam's assistant at a local mosque has been gunned down in western Dagestan near the border with Chechnya. Akhmed Osmanov was said to be an advocate of dialogue with Muslim radicals. He was returning home from the mosque in the village of Matsal-Aul late on November 12 when he was killed. Osmanov was the seventh member of the Muslim clergy to be gunned down in the Caucasus this year. Some clergymen have suggested that they be given weapons to protect themselves, but the chairman of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Dagestan, Abdulla-hadji Magomedov, says doing so would only worsen tensions. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 Entirely wrong, you shoot the Imam, not the assistant. You follow the assistant back to the Imam, then shoot, get them both. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-11-15 21:38 |