The Mufti of Tatarstan called for “showing leniency” towards the rioters in Dagestan

The head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SDM) of Tatarstan, Mufti Kamil Samigullin called for “if possible, to show leniency towards those who fell for the provocation” and participated in the Jewish pogrom in Dagestan.

“It is clear that they did this out of desperation and a sense of injustice. I am sure that now, after their actions were condemned by the entire Russian public, they repented of what they had done,” says the mufti’s appeal, published on website DUM.

Mr. Samigullin believes that “pogrom actions in Dagestan were organized by forces from outside, although, of course, they were provoked by Israel.” “The IDF, under the leadership of the Zionists, fighting with babies and children, is doing everything to raise a wave of anti-Semitism in the world. The incident in Dagestan is also a pure provocation, which is used by Western intelligence services, playing on the feelings of believers,” the mufti said. He believes that in the West “they want to destroy our country from within, to pit representatives of different nationalities and religions against each other”: “For neighbor to kill neighbor, brother to go against brother.”

At the same time, the head of the Muslim Spiritual Directorate of Tatarstan emphasized that “pogroms and aggression, hooliganism and outrages in regions far from it, as happened in Dagestan” will not help support Palestine. “What do pogroms at the Dagestan airport with cries of takbir have to do with the defense of Gaza and the liberation of Palestine? There is no point in taking out anger on ordinary citizens of Jewish origin,” said Kamil Samigullin.

Let us remind you that on October 29, crowds of people gathered at the Makhachkala airport to prevent Israeli citizens from Tel Aviv arriving in the country. Protesters broke into the international terminal building and then ran onto the runway.

The Regional Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for mass riots. More than 80 people were detained, some of them were arrested. According to the regional Ministry of Health, 20 people were injured as a result of the unrest, including police officers. President Vladimir Putin said the riots were provoked “by the hands of Western intelligence agencies.”

Kirill Antonov, Kazan