Official Sharia court opens in St. Petersburg, officials propose Sharia patrol in Moscow
Quote from Timothy Fitzpatrick on March 17, 2026, 01:4503.08.2010
The Islamic Human Rights Center, under which a Sharia court operates, was opened in St. Petersburg, reports BaltInfo with reference to the president of the center, lawyer Jamaliddin Khazrat Makhmutov.
People with higher professional religious education work in the Sharia court. The Sharia court decides domestic, family and civil cases.
"Court decisions have no legal force. The Sharia court is a court of honor. Punishments such as whipping or stones are not provided. We only give advice on how to behave properly from the point of view of the Koran," Makhmutov said.
The center was opened at the prayer house, which is rented by the local religious organization of Muslims of St. Petersburg "Al-Fath". It is located two minutes walk from the Sadovaya-Sennaya metro station, on Moskovsky Prospekt, house 10-12.
Source: https://www.apn.ru/index.php?newsid=23055
17.06.2023According to "Ridovka", at the forum "Multinational Russia" it was proposed to introduce a "Sharia patrol" in Kotelniki near Moscow. Thus, Muslims are invited to "calm their own", since the locals are apparently unable to influence them.The head of the local administration, Sergei Zhigalkin, announced that the police are not always enough to talk to migrants in Kotelniki, and no one will listen to "employees of the administration with a stick"; the situation in Kotelniki is getting worse every day, and daily reports of "cultural skirmishes" have become commonplace, while it seems that law enforcement agencies cannot cope with it.
03.08.2010
The Islamic Human Rights Center, under which a Sharia court operates, was opened in St. Petersburg, reports BaltInfo with reference to the president of the center, lawyer Jamaliddin Khazrat Makhmutov.
People with higher professional religious education work in the Sharia court. The Sharia court decides domestic, family and civil cases.
"Court decisions have no legal force. The Sharia court is a court of honor. Punishments such as whipping or stones are not provided. We only give advice on how to behave properly from the point of view of the Koran," Makhmutov said.
The center was opened at the prayer house, which is rented by the local religious organization of Muslims of St. Petersburg "Al-Fath". It is located two minutes walk from the Sadovaya-Sennaya metro station, on Moskovsky Prospekt, house 10-12.
Source: https://www.apn.ru/index.php?newsid=23055
17.06.2023
The head of the local administration, Sergei Zhigalkin, announced that the police are not always enough to talk to migrants in Kotelniki, and no one will listen to "employees of the administration with a stick"; the situation in Kotelniki is getting worse every day, and daily reports of "cultural skirmishes" have become commonplace, while it seems that law enforcement agencies cannot cope with it.
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