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Chechen cleric rebukes locals for offering ‘occult companies’ as Russian area continues crackdown on ‘swindlers’ & ‘charlatans’
A theologian in Russia’s Muslim-majority area of Chechnya has reprimanded three girls after native legislation enforcement detained them for occultism, a cost which has change into extra frequent within the space lately.
Based on the state-owned tv channel ‘Grozny’, 4 folks from the city of Kurchaloy have been arrested on February 23 on suspicion of training sorcery. A video posted on the channel’s Instagram web page depicts three girls and one man being spoken to by Adam Elzhurkayev, a specialist of the state-run Islamic Medical Middle, alongside two males from the safety companies.
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“The work to determine sorcerers, healers, and different charlatans continues to bear fruit,” the report mentioned. “Extra fraudsters have been recognized due to the work of Khusain Mezhidov, commander of the South Battalion, staff of the Kurchaloevsky District Police Division, and the clergy.”
Based on the report, the 4 arrested locals claimed that they may carry out magic to enhance their shopper’s luck in private relationships.
“The dialog with the theologian and the law-enforcement officers helped the ladies to see for themselves that that they had dedicated a grave sin,” the information report continues. “Regardless of all the tutorial actions, there are nonetheless those that consider within the energy of witches.”
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On the Instagram publish itself, the channel defined that witches should not actual, and that those that search their assist are victims of “swindlers” and “charlatans” who ought to as a substitute search assist from Allah and Islamic students.
Based on native information website Kavkazsky Uzel, prosecutions for occultism have been on the rise since July 2019. A search of its web site reveals no less than seven incidents in February alone, primarily involving aged girls. In November 2019, a report on North Caucasus information website Obzor reported that one detained “healer” even had native officers as a part of her clientele.
On the time, TV channel ‘Grozny’ ran a narrative with the sarcastic headline: “Clairvoyant Malika Datsaeva couldn’t even foresee her personal future.”
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