15 April 2016, 15:50

In Makhachkala, mosque attendant reports on mass detentions of believers

In Makhachkala, law enforcers have detained at least 200 believers of the mosque located in Hungarian Fighters Street. This was reported by an attendant of the mosque. The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports having no information about the detentions.

According to the mosque attendant, even before the prayer, "up to 100 policemen gathered around the mosque and its approaches." "About a dozen of patrol-and-post services (known as PPS), two PAZ buses, and vehicles without state registration numbers arrived. Some officers also came. Although everyone knows: nothing illegal occurs at the mosque and it is not visited by radically-minded people," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by Mukhamad Magomedov, an attendant of the mosque.

At 2:20 p.m., the detentions were still ongoing, and the police blocked Gagarin Street. In the yards of the houses from the direction of the "Smolyan" Restaurant, law enforcers were detaining the people leaving the mosque, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

It should be noted that this is not the first time when believers complained about being detained by the police. On March 25, the official representative of the mosque reported that people were detained both before prayer and after prayer at the exit of the building. The police did not confirm the information about the detentions then. Meanwhile, a number of Salafi mosques were closed in Dagestan.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Author: Patimat Makhmudova Source: CK correspondent

Комментирование через Кавказский узел
All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

February 21, 2025 22:22

February 21, 2025 21:10

February 20, 2025 23:59

  • In Chechnya, sending to war is method to punish drivers

    Chechen law enforcers are monitoring social networks and reveal violators of traffic rules, who may face both public reprimand and sending to the special military operation (SMO) zone. The effect of talks with law enforcers is caused by fear of the consequences, human rights defenders have noted.

February 20, 2025 23:55

  • Zarema Musaeva's arrest extended

    A court in Grozny has extended Zarema Musaeva's arrest until March 26 under a criminal case on disrupting the work of a penal colony. Meanwhile, her sentence under the first criminal case was due to terminate on March 23, the "Team against Torture" (TaT)* has informed.

February 20, 2025 23:15

News archive
Пн
Вт
Ср
Чт
Пт
Сб
Вс
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
1
2