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Muslim ethic
This is a set of rules and morals that guide Muslims in their everyday life. Like a lot in the Muslim world, the Muslim ethic is primarily based on the Koran and Sunnah.
Sep 22 2003, 22:14
Muslim holidays
| These are holidays traditionally celebrated by Muslims. The most important of them are common to the entire Muslim world. |
Sep 22 2003, 22:11
Muslim rituals
| Muslim rituals reflect Muslim beliefs and serve as a basis for the Islamic cult. The most important of them are common to the entire Muslim world. |
Sep 22 2003, 22:06
Russian Council of Muftis
| The organization unites heads of Muslim spiritual boards around the country. This is done for coordination of their activities; a board remains entirely independent when its leader joins the Council. |
Sep 22 2003, 22:02
Union of Russian Muslims
| Like other contemporary successful Muslim movements in Russia, the Union of Russian Muslims is quite moderate in its platform. Since its leader was arrested its activity has remarkably fell though. |
Sep 22 2003, 21:58
Central Muslim Spiritual Board of Russia and European States of CIS (CMSBR)
| The CMSBR succeeds to the Orenburg Mohammedan Spiritual Assembly established by Empress Catherine II's edict in 1788-89. It has survived the USSR and is now successfully developing. |
Sep 22 2003, 21:54
Nur, Muslim movement
| Nur is a broad-based Muslim socio-political movement in Russia. Its moderate, but consistent platform allows it to enjoy increasing support of the Muslim public around the country. |
Sep 22 2003, 21:48
Islamic socio-political movements in Russia
| The Muslim renaissance brought about by the break-up of the USSR has led to the emergence of a number of Muslim movements in Russia. Some of them have already left the scene, while others are still developing. |
Sep 22 2003, 21:39
Battle for Caucasus
| The Battle for the Caucasus is a series of military operations in the N. Caucasus conducted by the Armed Forces of Russia and Nazi Germany. It began on July 25, 1942, and ended on October 9, 1943. |
Sep 22 2003, 21:29
Borga Kash
| Borga Kash is the earliest of the surviving Muslim monuments in Ingushetia. It was built in 1405-06 in honor of a certain Bek-Sultan and since then has become a very revered place. |
All news
- An "extremist" case of an Jehovah's Witness in Astrakhan region referred to court
- Dagestani wounded in shelling states inaction of law enforcers
- Supreme Court of Ingushetia sentences Khamkhoev - figurant in "Domodedovo" terror act case - to 9 years in colony
Сhronicles
- Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 16-22
- Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 23 to 29
- Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of January 30 to February 5
Announcements
- FIDH to hold its 37th Congress in Armenia
- Kadyrov's claim to head of HRC "Memorial" to continue on October 6
- "Caucasian Knot" suffers regular DDoS-attacks
Articles
- Rules for users' behaviour on the "Caucasian Knot" interactive services
- Do you want to support
The Caucasian Knot? - National Reconciliation in South Ossetia
Reports
- Strategic Conflict Assessment (SCA) North Caucasus
- Russia chapter 2011 by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
- Remarks by Barak Obama at the New Economic School Graduation
Interview
- Frank Judd: "Situation in Chechnya affects not only locals, but the global community as a whole"
- Interview with Tom de Waal "I look optimistically at the problem of normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations, since societies change and people become more open for possible changes"
- Interview with Ethan Zuckerman (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
Personalities
Books
- Authors
- Social Marketing in Rostov: Student's Rights
- Social Marketing in Ryazan: Costs of the War in Chechnya
Legal texts
- Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Divided Europe Reunited: promoting human rights and civil liberties in the OSCE region in the 21st century
- The Current Situation in Georgia and Implications for U.S. Policy
NGO Documents
- Open letter of residents of Novosasitli village Khasavyurt District of Dagestan
- Open Appeal to Chairman of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) Alexander Bastrykin of residents of the Krasnodar Territory
- DECLARATION OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIONHOOD OF THE AUTONOMUS AUTOCHTHONOUS INDIGENOUS CIRCASSIAN PEOPLES: A NATION IN EXILE
