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Article: Russian muftis reject bid to ban Wahhabism.
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- United Press International
- Article date:
- July 7, 2000
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WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI)
Russia's Muslim leaders have refused a government request to ban Wahhabism, a branch of Islam that some have linked to terrorism, on the territory of the Russian Federation. They did so because they believe that the term itself is undefined and because they fear that the authorities could use such a ban to violate the rights of Muslim believers more generally. Last week, the Council of Russian Muftis met in Moscow to consider requests from "some power institutions" to ban Wahhabism, a movement Russian officials and journalists have used to describe Muslim groups in the North Caucasus and Central Asia supposedly linked to Osama bin Laden ...
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