Imam shot dead in Russia's Dagestan

2011-04-09 22:24:40 GMT+7 (ICT)

MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) -- A mosque imam was killed on Saturday in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, Itar-Tass news agency reported.

Magomed Saipulayev was shot dead by unidentified assailants in his home in the village of Yasnaya Polyana in the Kizlyar district, near the Chechen border.

"He was widely known for his uncompromising stance towards all forms of violence, condemned killing of innocent people and other outrages of members of the bandit underground, for what bandits have repeatedly threatened to kill him," a source at the Information Centre of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee told Itar-Tass.

Police are looking for the suspects.

The killing is the sixth of an Islamic cleric in Dagestan in the last 12 months. Around 50 percent of all terrorist-related violence in Russia last year happened in Dagestan. Islamists in the region have been fighting for years, looking to establish an independent state in the North Caucasus.

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Quelle surprise, another moderate Iman murdered for opposing violence, following on from the same happening in Kashmir. Of course in order to better pursue their dream of a global Caliphate and a 'holy war' against all infidels the Islamic extremists need to also silence any dissenting voices from within Islam.

The two incidents are linked by the same common agenda.