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An “anti-extremist” religious studies council is being created under the administration of the Ministry of Justice for the Nizhny Novgorod region
A decision was made to create a Religious Studies Council under the administration of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region. This decision was announced on March 26 at a press conference by the head of the department, Alexander Bazhenov.
The new body is supposed to include representatives of religious organizations, law enforcement agencies, and scientists. "The council will be created to receive opinions from competent persons on the presence of signs of extremism in the activities of various organizations," the NIA Nizhny Novgorod reports .
As of 2009, 514 religious associations were registered by the Ministry of Justice on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation "On State Religious Expertise" was published It should be reminded that on March 13 the Order .
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