âWe made it clear for the heads of defense and law enforcement agencies [representatives of the Chechen Interior Ministry and commanders of special units were present at the session] that those who kill innocent people must be stopped â" either lagged or eliminated by any possible means. We have adopted the fatwa which says that the one whose hands are in blood must be eliminated,â
http://www.kommersant.com/doc.asp?idr=527&id=598827 Chechen Siloviki Become Allahâs Warriors // They will fight Wahhabi by Shariat laws War on Extremism The Council of Imams of Chechnya blessed Chechen defense and law enforcement officers to fight Wahhabi saying one can and must kill people of the same religion if they are engaged in criminal activities. The fatwa accepted by the theologians must not be regarded as the declaring of jihad on radical Islamites, the republicâs mufti Sultan Mirzaev told Kommersant. Nonetheless, the decision of Chechen imams drew criticism of the Council of Russiaâs Muftis. Wahhabi appeared in Chechnya not a long time ago. The first Chechen war, which ended up in Dudaevâs advocates regaining the power, attracted preachers from Saudi Arabia and adjacent Dagestan where radical Islamites are traditionally influential. In summer 1997, Grozny hosted the Congress of Peoples of Chechnya and Dagestan. The congressâs co-chairmen Chechen minister of press Movladi Udugov and the leader of Chechen Wahhabi Magomed Tagaev announced the territories of the two republics a caliphate with the notorious Shamil Basayev as its imam. Chechnyaâs then mufti Akhmat Kadyrov vehemently opposed the ideas of Wahhabism and convened the Congress of Muslims of the North Caucasus to appeal to the Russian Justice Ministry to recognize Wahhabism an extremist movement and prohibit it. The minister Pavel Krasheninnikov did not share the muftiâs apprehension. âWe do not view Wahhabism as an extremist movement,â he concluded. Thus the inspired Dagestani Wahhabi declared the sovereignty of two Dagestani villages of Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi, which meant that norms of Shariat acted alongside Russian laws there. The federal troops had to overthrow the Shariat authorities in Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi summer 1999 by the air force and artillery. The following Wahhabiâs campaign headed by Hattab and Shamil Basayev in Dagestan triggered the second Chechen war. The federal authorities have tried to crack down on radical Islamites since then. The Russian Assistant Prosecutor General Vladimir Kolesnikov called for instituting criminal proceedings against Wahhabi followers in April 2004. He suggested that radical Islamist beginners be sentenced to a year, while repeated Wahhabi be convicted to âthe maximum possible punishmentâ. Muslim clergy described the proposal as âreligious discriminationâ. The idea to outlaw Wahhabism did not win backing with Russian lawmakers either. The prosecutorâs initiative was revived in April 2005 by Chechnyaâs then mufti Akhmad Shamaev who suggested banning Wahhabism in Chechnya as extremist ideology. He referred to the example of cross-border Dagerstan where the republicâs state council adopted a law providing for criminal liability for the propaganda of Wahhabism back in 2000. Shamaev stepped down soon due to disagreements with the republicâs leaders but new mufti Sultan Mirzaev kept the ball rolling. âOfficers of the Chechen Interior Ministry repeatedly addressed me and other religious figures asking to explain to them who Wahhabi are, what the essence of their ideology is , if they should be eliminated,â mufti Mirzaev told Kommersant. He says Chechen soldiers used to feel uncertain about âthe fact if the war against Wahhabi is justified in terms of Islam, whether they commit a sin killing people of the same religion.â âBut these are notorious bandits, there is no other name for them, they commit crimes using religious mottos as a cover misleading young fighters,â the mufti underscored. These uncertainties were dispelled at yesterdayâs extended Council of the republicâs imams held in the Kadyrovsâ clan village of Tsentoroy. Mirzoev claims that all religious figures bar none supported the fatwa (religious decree with the force of law) on the fight with the so-called Wahhabi, passed by the council. âWe made it clear for the heads of defense and law enforcement agencies [representatives of the Chechen Interior Ministry and commanders of special units were present at the session] that those who kill innocent people must be stopped â" either lagged or eliminated by any possible means. We have adopted the fatwa which says that the one whose hands are in blood must be eliminated,â the mufti informed Kommersant. Law enforcement agencies willingly accepted the decision of the religionâs clergy. âThey wonât have any scruples now. They will be sure they are doing piety.â However, the mufti made it a point that it is not the matter of jihad (holy war) against Wahhabi since âmuftis cannot take a decision like this.â âI welcome this decision,â Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnyaâs Deputy Prime Minister, who is in charge of defense and law enforcement agencies, was the first to react. âOffices of law enforcement agencies have to be sure that their actions do not contradict the Koran or Islamâ âThe Council of Muftis is most surprised at this decision,â Farid Asadullin, chairman of the information and analytical center of the Council of Russiaâs Muftis, said. âI have seen the Chechen mufti recently, we had a talk but I did not have a slightest idea that some murky decision like this might be made,â Asadullin told Kommersant. âNo one has a right to judge the faith in Allah, except Allah himself.â by Musa Muradov, Oksana Alexeeva Russian Article as of Aug. 05, 2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! 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