Krasnodar Regional Court Overturns Ruling that Koran Translation is Extremist

On December 17, 2013, the Krasnodar Regional Court overturned the Oktyabrsky District Court of Novorossiysk's decision to recognize Elmir Kuliyev's Koran translation as extremist.

On December 17, 2013, the Krasnodar Regional Court upheld an appeal against the September 17, 2013 ruling by the Oktyabrsky District Court in the city of Novorossiysk which had categorized as extremist the translation by prominent Azerbaijani religious scholar, Elmir Kuliev. "Notional translation of the Holy Koran in Russian" (Notional Russian translation of the Holy Koran. Translation from Arabic by E. R. Kuliev. First Edition. King Fahd Complex for the publication of the Holy Koran. Medina Munawara. Saudi Arabia, 2002).

SOVA recalls the court's original ruling had caused strong public reaction, in particular, the Council of Muftis of Russia demanded that the court's decision be overturned; in Chelyabinsk, Muslims held a protest rally.