From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/29/2007 3:10 AM
24/08/2007
Bagapsh hears concerns from Abkhazian Muslims
Sukhum/Agency Caucasus – Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh heard concerns from a select group of Abkhazian Muslims over their security of life after an imam and his friend were shot down in Gudauta.
The Muslim group received official assistance from the Abkhazian Religious Directorate in meeting with President Bagapsh. The president heard from the Muslim group a formal request first to order an urgent official inquiry into the killings of both Hamzat Gitsba, the imam in Gudauta, and his friend Ruslan Assadulin and then to have criminals brought to court.
Bagapsh later told the group that both a group of prosecutors and security officers have launched an investigation into the killings. “Abkhazia has always been a multi-religious country and has always been known for its tolerance towards people with different faiths,” he said, and asked for assistance from the Abkhazian Muslim society with the investigation. Gitsba and Assadulin were gunned down on August 17 in central Gudauta.
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