Four young men from the Chechen village of Kurchaloi suspected of an arson attack on the mausoleum of a Sufi saint are being subjected to organized vilification by local residents at the behest of ...

2006-05-26 04:00:00 PDT Grozny, Russia-- Three circles of barefoot men, one ring inside another, sway to the cadence of chanting. The men stomp in time as they sway, and grunt from the abdomen and ...

In the war-ravaged Russian republic of Chechnya, the local government is pouring money into the construction of mosques and other Islamic institutions. Despite Russian law that declares a separation ...

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Abubakar is 46 years old and participates in the Zikr, a ritual dance performed by Chechen Sufi Muslims. In each Zikr, he reaches a state of ecstasy that serves as an exorcism, a form of liberation ...