Moscow, March 6, Interfax - Some mosques in Moscow are selling extremist literature, Muhammedgali Khuzin, a Perm region mufti, told Interfax-Religion.
"Extremist literature printed by various militants and Caucasian groups can be bought freely in a couple of local mosques. We visited Moscow not long ago and saw it," the mufti said.
He welcomed a "black list" of extremist literature banned in Russia, Khuzin said.
"Heaps of pseudo-religious and extremist literature instigating religious hatred were published in Russia in the past 15-20 years. Regrettably, most of it is Islamic," the mufti said.
Commenting on repeated statements by the head of the Council of Muftis of Russia Ravil Gainutdin in which he questioned the reasons for putting a number of books on the "black list", the Perm mufti remarked that his reaction was understandable because a good deal of black-listed literature had been published under the auspices of the Council of Muftis.
As for the books published by the Central Spiritual Department of Muslims, none of them has appeared on the above list because "this is strictly controlled," Khuzin said.
"Extremist literature printed by various militants and Caucasian groups can be bought freely in a couple of local mosques. We visited Moscow not long ago and saw it," the mufti said.
He welcomed a "black list" of extremist literature banned in Russia, Khuzin said.
"Heaps of pseudo-religious and extremist literature instigating religious hatred were published in Russia in the past 15-20 years. Regrettably, most of it is Islamic," the mufti said.
Commenting on repeated statements by the head of the Council of Muftis of Russia Ravil Gainutdin in which he questioned the reasons for putting a number of books on the "black list", the Perm mufti remarked that his reaction was understandable because a good deal of black-listed literature had been published under the auspices of the Council of Muftis.
As for the books published by the Central Spiritual Department of Muslims, none of them has appeared on the above list because "this is strictly controlled," Khuzin said.
Source: Interfax
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