Paul Goble
Staunton, Feb. 1 – Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov has made no secret of his hopes to absorb Ingushetia and perhaps portions of Dagestan into his republic. He has already compelled Magas to hand over 10 percent of Ingushetia to his control and has supported the Batal-Haji Sufi order in Ingushetia that is now in open conflict not only with Magas but Moscow as well.
Now, the Chechen headman has launched a new effort behind the scenes to subordinate Ingushetia to himself and his republic. According to Fortanga, he is working behind the scenes to create a muftiate that he will control and that will control Muslim parishes in Ingushetia (fortanga.org/2025/01/v-ingushetii-mozhet-poyavitsya-novyj-muftiyat-podkontrolnyj-vlastyam-chechni-istochniki/).
What makes this report especially disturbing is that it suggests the current government in Ingushetia, which has long had a troubled relationship with the republic’s muftiate (windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2022/01/ingushetia-only-federal-subject-whose.html and windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2020/08/ingushetia-elects-mufti-even-though-it.html) is now working hand-in-glove with Kadyrov, something that will further undercut support for Magas and Moscow.
The independent Fortanga news agency says that it has two sources for this story, one that has not been reported by any of the official news agencies in Magas, Grozny or Moscow. The details the sources provide, however, strongly suggest that this report is true although they do not show that any agreement on a Chechen-dominated muftiate in Ingushetia is about to be signed.
One of the sources, unnamed, says that “the idea about the opening of a new administration for Muslims belongs to the leadership and certain instructors of the Ingushetia Islamic University” and that the idea is backed by officials at the North Caucasus Federal District, including Adam Shakhidov, an advisor to Kadyrov.
This source adds that Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, head of Ingushetia, has been informed about these plans.
The second source, also unnamed, says that backers of the plan have met recently in Egypt where representatives of the Ingushetia Muslim community have indicated that they expect administrative and financial assistance from Chechnya, given that Grozny several times earlier had tried to influence the MSD of Ingushetia so as to influence Magas.
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Kadyrov Working to Create Chechnya-Controlled Muftiate in Ingushetia
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