The 20-year-old Chechnyan refugee who wanted to teach at an Islamic Sunday School in Windsor has been released on bail and is ...

At least that was the story reported in the national and local media, including the Echo of Moscow radio station and Chechnya Today – the most popular news site in the predominantly Muslim ...

However, at her trial she denied supporting the Islamic State group or being a "terrorist", claiming her fight was in defence ...

Dzhamilya Timaeva faces prison after being convicted of possessing footage encouraging viewers to carry out arson attacks ...

There is family and state pressure to conform Chechnya's authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov is spearheading a campaign to reunite divorced couples, involving Muslim clerics who preach Sharia law.

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Russia’s Muslim Spiritual Administration’s Ulema Council (an advisory ... spiritual and moral values,” a source in the prosecutor’s office told reporters. Chechen authorities have previously expressed ...

As a result, on Tuesday, Russia’s top Islamic authority rescinded its decision allowing a man to marry multiple women. In the past, Chechen authorities voiced support for legalizing polygamy in ...

"The day before, the Chairman of the Government of the Chechen Republic, Muslim Khuchiev, and the Minister of Industry and Energy of the region, Adam Khakimov, held a number of working meetings ...