Muslim Lawyer Hides
After Call for Shariah
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Moscow, Russia - April 27, 2012 - "We will flood the city with blood", says a Muslim lawyer who also publicly demanded creation of "Shariah Law" courts in his country.
Dagir Khasavov, a Muslim lawyer living in Moscow disappeared into hiding after many threats against his life, as well heavy criticism from liberals, atheists and even Muslim clerics after his statements.
Khasavov canceled an interview with Ekho Moskvy and went to an undisclosed safe house Thursday after armed men thought to be from Chechnya appeared at the station's premises on Novy Arbat, Khasavov's son Arslan wrote on his blog.
He said the men had identified themselves as members of Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov's security service.
Kadyrov issued an angry statement earlier this week in which he accused Khasavov, who is from Chechnya, of provoking Muslims and damaging Islam.
Arslan Khasavov said Friday that his family was being threatened.
"We receive threats, although not from serious people," he told the Rapsi news agency. He refused to elaborate. Khasavov did not confirm a report by the BBC's Russian Service that his father had left the country.
The Investigative Committee said Friday that it is looking into whether Khasavov's comments violate Article 282 of the Criminal Code, which bans inciting national or religious hatred.
Dagir Khasavov said in a television interview Tuesday that Muslim believers reject the country's court system and that attempts to prevent the creation of Sharia courts would end in bloodshed.
"We will flood the city with blood," he told Ren-TV.
His comments triggered a wave of heated criticism.
The liberal Yabloko party called upon authorities to open a criminal case against Khasavov.
Muslim clerics stressed that their believers respect the Constitution, which stipulated the separation of and state.
Experts pointed out that, despite being unconstitutional, Sharia courts do already exist in the country.
"In practice such courts already work in the rural North Caucasus," said Alexander Verkhovsky of the Sova Center, which tracks extremism and xenophobia.
Arslan Khasavov suggested that Ren-TV had aired his father's quotes out of context.
"Why has the full recording not been shown?" he wrote on his blog.
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