Did Russia ban the Quran? - The 4 Freedoms Library2024-03-28T12:29:23Zhttp://4freedoms.com/forum/topics/did-russia-ban-the-quran-1?groupUrl=russian&feed=yes&xn_auth=noQuran Translation Banned By R…tag:4freedoms.com,2014-05-05:3766518:Comment:1473722014-05-05T22:20:13.793ZKinanahttp://4freedoms.com/profile/Kinana
<h1 class="title-news">Quran Translation Banned By Russian Court; Top Islamic Cleric Ravil Gainutdin Protests 'Outrageous' Order</h1>
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<h1 class="title-news">Quran Translation Banned By Russian Court; Top Islamic Cleric Ravil Gainutdin Protests 'Outrageous' Order</h1>
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<p>09/23/13 05:47 AM ET EDT <span class="ap"><img width="18" height="18" src="http://s.huffpost.com/images/v/ap_wire.png" alt="AP"/></span></p>
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<div class="margin_bottom_10 clearfix relative">MOSCOW -- Russia's top Islamic cleric has protested a provincial court order to declare a translation of the Quran as extremist and to destroy it.</div>
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<div class="entry_body_text"><div class="articleBody"><p>Ravil Gainutdin, the head of the Council of Muftis of Russia, said in an open letter to President Vladimir Putin released Monday that the ruling was "illiterate" and "provocative."</p>
<p>The Quran is available in Russian translation, but the court last week ruled that the translation by Elmir Kuliyev published in Saudi Arabia in 2002 violated federal law banning extremist materials.</p>
<p>Gainutdin said that the "Russian Muslims were appalled by the neglect of law shown by the court" in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk and demanded that the verdict be revoked. He said the court's order to destroy the Muslim holy book was particularly outrageous.</p>
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