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Muslim cleric shot dead in Russia
Thursday December 27, 2012 09:06:40 PM,
IANS
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Moscow: A 34-year-old
Muslim cleric was found shot dead inside his car in southwestern
Russia's North Ossetia republic, RIA Novosti reported Thursday.
Ibragim Dudarov was found on a road near the capital Vladikavkaz.
The attack took place around 11 p.m. Wednesday as Dudarov was
driving home, North Ossetian mufti Khadzhi-Murat Gatsalov said.
"He was shot at close range. A total of five shots were fired,"
Gatsalov said.
The Russian Council of Muftis called on law enforcement agencies
to find the killers.
"This killing is more proof that the enemies of Islam don't want
peace," council head and Russia's chief mufti Ravil Gainutdin
said.
Another senior Muslim cleric said the killing showed that
"everyone preaching traditional Islam is taking a stand against
extremism and is therefore at risk".
Gatsalov insisted that Dudarov was attacked for his work as a
cleric.
"This man died for his faith. I think it is linked to his work.
Someone doesn't want this kind of Islam in North Ossetia," he
said.
Attacks on Muslim clerics have become more frequent in Russia in
recent years.
In August, prominent Sufi sheikh Said Atsayev, 74, was killed in a
suicide bombing in Dagestan, while in July, the head mufti in
Tatarstan, Ildus Faizov, was injured in a car bomb attack, hours
after his former deputy was shot dead.
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