SYRIA TO HELP EDUCATE CHECHEN MUSLIM CLERGYMEN
By empty (9/19/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Syria is ready to help Muslim clergymen in Chechnya and will encourage more young people from the republic to study at Syrian universities, Syria\'s Grand Mufti Ahmed Bader al-Din Hassoun said at a meeting with visiting Chechen President Alu Alkhanov. The Chechen president\'s press secretary Muslim Khuchiyev told Interfax that up to 200 students from Chechnya are now studying in Syria. \"The parties agreed that the activities of extremists, who justify their actions with Islamic ideology, have nothing in common with religion,\" Khuchiyev said.Visit also
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