Imam shot dead the day after he spoke out against Islamic jihadists

Posted by Robert on October 1, 2007 8:51 AM

In Dagestan. "Imam Shot Dead," from [1] AP (scroll down), with thanks to Twostellas:

MAKHACHKALA -- Gunmen killed an imam on his way to morning prayers in Dagestan on Saturday, a day after he spoke out against Islamic extremists, police said.

Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov was shot by attackers in a car while walking from his home to his mosque in the Dagestani settlement of Gudben, district police chief Sergei Makukha said.

Gadzhimagomedov, a vocal critic of Islamic extremism, had spoken out against militants during a service at the mosque on Friday, Makukha said. He said the killing was "clearly a revenge attack" by Islamic militants.

Wonder why more peaceful Muslims don't speak out against the jihad?


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2007/10/imam-shot-dead-the-day-after-he-spoke-out-against-islamic-jihadists.html

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