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04-08-2006, 07:30 AM
Russian forces arrested dozens of Muslims last month in the North Caucasian province of Adygeya, raising fears that Russia launched a crackdown on local Muslims, mosnews.com reported.

Reports say the Muslims were arrested on March 31 while they were on their way to a local mosque for Friday prayers.

The Regnum news agency says that several others Muslims were also arrested in Adygeya a week earlier.

Local residents said that police commandoes detained a group of Muslim men before Friday prayers in the village of Novaya Adygeya.

“Two buses with SOBR (special rapid-reaction) troops were parked at the approach to the village. They only stopped the cars of Muslims who were heading to the mosque, searching them with sniffer dogs. Nobody made it to the mosque that day,” a witness told Regnum.

He added that all those arrested were taken to a police station in the village of Yablonovskoye. “There we were told they would break our legs if we went on attending the mosque, then they let us go… They made a list of our names. I can’t imagine what’s going to happen to those who are on that list.”

A Muslim leader in Adygeya said that Russian security services registered all Muslims who regularly attend prayers at the local mosque, keeping their names, passport numbers and car license plates in a special list.

Local Muslims believe that the raid was aimed at intimidating them. One of those arrested last week said that the Russian government wants to prevent Muslims from sending their children to the mosque.
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