05 July 2004 Dagestan: feuding Muslim clerics and pilgrimage to Mecca After a long-running row that has split Dagestan’s Muslims, the republic’s powerful religious body, the Spiritual Department of Muslims, has... Read more
23 May 2003 Dagestan: Islamic schools prospering Repelled by the corruption of state colleges, many young Dagestanis are turning to Islamic higher education. Read more
14 March 2003 Hajj: travails of Dagestan’s pilgrim traders The annual pilgrimage to Mecca this February brought big money to some Dagestanis, and a lot of trouble to others.... Read more