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Police raid Moscow mosque

By Liz Fekete

1 December 1996

Muslim leaders have described a police raid on Moscow's main mosque, during which worshippers were beaten, as 'barbarian'.

The police said they were searching for weapons and criminals amid concerns about Muslim fundamentalism sparked by events in Chechnya and Afghanistan.

Independent 4.10.96

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