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2002-05-29 International

Russian Muslims ask Putin to dump the Wahhabis...

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-05-29 05:01 pm|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 These mainstream clerics have to watch out that Moscow doesn't brand them as "minor cultists" and that would make their sects illegal. There is no general freedom of religion in Russia today, and the government has the ability to shut down minor sects as being disruptive of social peace. So the mainstream sects, like the Orthodox Christians and non radical Moslems are careful to distance themselves from riff raff like Baptists and Wahabbis.

Posted by Tom Roberts 2002-05-30 05:54:30|| 2002-05-30 05:54:30|| Front Page Top

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