In the report published by the North Caucasus Muslims Coordination Center (CCMCC) telegram channel A call containing a request not to succumb to the provocations of destructive forces that call on Muslims in Russia to take to the streets against all Jews.
“In recent days, we are faced with provocations of subversive forces that, for the sake of purely personal selfish interests, call on Muslims to take to the streets against all Jews, including Jews, with the aim of inciting interfaith hatred in the North Caucasus. The message states that the Russian Federation, who has been living peacefully on our lands for centuries, are our citizens who have nothing to do with the genocide of Palestinians by Israel, the USA and their supporters.
At the same time, the authors of the text emphasize that individual statements and small actions are tried to be interpreted as public opinion.
“A small group of people, especially those gathered in front of the government building in Cherkessk, appealed to the authorities of the Karachay-Circassian Republic, demanding that visitors from Israel not be allowed to enter the region and that all Jews be evacuated from Karachay. Circassian Republic. We categorically do not support such statements. This is contrary to the spirit of the Islamic religion and the traditions of the peoples of the North Caucasus. The message states that antisemitism has no place in the multiethnic North Caucasus.
The Mufti of the North Caucasus said that enemies should be prevented from using Muslims as a tool to incite interreligious and ethnic hatred in our lands.
The text says, “North Caucasus Muslims cannot stand for hatred and intolerance against other peoples and religions, as our religion teaches us, and should not bow to unfounded calls for violence.”
Moreover, KCMSC emphasized that Russia creates all conditions for peaceful coexistence of all people, regardless of religious and national affiliation.
“All traditional religions receive extensive state support for the development of religious education and culture. All rights and freedoms of believers are protected at the legislative level. President of the Russian Federation VV Putin noted: “… inter-ethnic and inter-religious harmony is the basis of the Russian state. “Everything else, every other position, has an anti-Russian orientation and component,” the message reads.