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Thursday, 20 January 2005
CHECHEN PRESIDENT ASSAILS LACK OF SUPPORT FROM WORLD ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS
By empty (1/20/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In a statement pegged to the Muslim festival of Kurban-Bayram and posted on 20 January on chechenpress.com, Aslan Maskhadov expressed his disappointment at the \"silent complicity\" of world Islamic organizations such as the League of Arab States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference in the face of what Maskhadov termed the \"terrible genocide\" perpetrated by Russia against the Chechen people. Maskhadov argued that in accordance with their statutes, such organizations are obliged \"to defend the rights of all Muslims of the world,\" including the Chechens.
In a statement pegged to the Muslim festival of Kurban-Bayram and posted on 20 January on chechenpress.com, Aslan Maskhadov expressed his disappointment at the \"silent complicity\" of world Islamic organizations such as the League of Arab States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference in the face of what Maskhadov termed the \"terrible genocide\" perpetrated by Russia against the Chechen people. Maskhadov argued that in accordance with their statutes, such organizations are obliged \"to defend the rights of all Muslims of the world,\" including the Chechens. (RFE/RL)