From Interfax and Alliance Defense Fund:
20 August 2010, 10:58
St. Petersburg authorities issue warning to lawyer for establishing Shariah court
St. Petersburg, August 20, Interfax - The prosecutor's office in Saint Petersburg has issued a warning to Jamaliddin Makhmutov, head of the Al Fatah religious organization, for establishing a Shariah court in the city.
"During an inspection, Makhmutov said that being a lawyer at the end of July 2010 he decided to found a Shariah court without documenting it in any way," the report of the office said.
Makhmutov said that the court settled minor civil law disputes between Muslims on the basis of Shariah law. The rulings were non-binding, he said.
"The prosecutor's office of Admiralteysky district of St. Petersburg has issued a warning to Makhmutov about the impermissibility of breaking the law. An inspection of the operations of Al Fatah has been launched," a press release of the office says.
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