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| Mufti calls for punishment of blogger who trampled Orthodox cross |
| 2024-07-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Dagestani blogger who mocked the Orthodox cross during an online broadcast must be severely punished by law. This was stated by the chairman of the Coordination Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus, Mufti Ismail Berdiev. According to him, in this case one cannot limit oneself to public censure or condemnation from the community. "There is a law. If you break it, you must answer. Without ceremony. There is no other way," Gazeta.Ru quotes the mufti as saying. Earlier, the deputy chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations with Society and the Media of the Moscow Patriarchate, Vakhtang Kipshidze, said in a Telegram channel that the blogger's actions were deeply offensive and criminal, and law enforcement agencies should respond to them. The representative of the Russian Orthodox Church added that he expects an unambiguous reaction from the Muslim community. As reported by the Regnum news agency, a blogger with the nickname Javier trampled and spat on an Orthodox cross, and also cursed all Christians with obscenities on July 12 during a stream launched on one of the popular platforms. It turned out that the broadcast was hosted by a native of the Tabasaran region of Dagestan, Khavier Yarmagomedov, who works as a security guard in Moscow. Yarmagomedov later recorded an apology, in which he stated that he allegedly became a victim of a provocation by some opponents. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case, the streamer was detained. The department explained that the blogger committed public actions with the aim of insulting religious feelings. More from regnum.ru Blogger who trampled a cross was taken to the Investigative Committee A blogger suspected of insulting the feelings of believers was taken to the investigative department of the Investigative Committee's Moscow office, the press service of the Investigative Committee reported on July 17. During interrogation, the suspect stated that he regretted what he had done, according to a message on the Investigative Committee’s Telegram channel. "He will be charged and a preventive measure will be chosen in the near future. A search was conducted at the defendant's place of residence," the Investigative Committee press service noted. The suspect's phone and some other items were confiscated. He will also be checked for involvement in other crimes, including on the Internet, the department's press service reported. As reported by the Regnum news agency, a video was previously circulated on social networks in which a man abuses a pectoral cross - spitting on it, trampling on it, using obscene language, and also insulting Christians. The author of the video is a native of Dagestan, Khavier Yarmagomedov, who currently lives in Moscow and works as a security guard, the media reported. Later, Yarmagomedov recorded an apology, in which he stated that he allegedly became a victim of a provocation by some opponents. On July 17, the Investigative Committee reported that a criminal case had been opened under the article on insulting the feelings of believers. The suspect was quickly identified and detained, the report noted. |
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