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Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov wants it to be illegal for judges to issue rulings about holy texts
In a Vkontakte blog post today, the ruler of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called on Russian lawmakers to draft legislation that would ban judges from issuing rulings of any kind that concern the Koran and other holy texts.
On September 7, it was revealed that a judge in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ruled earlier this summer that the book "Prayers to God, Their Purpose and Place in Islam" constitutes a work of illegal extremism. When Kadyrov learned about the court decision, he publicly denounced the judge and the prosecutor (both women), calling them "devils and traitors." He also threatened to "bring them both to justice personally."
The courts can consider only the books written by man, when questioning whether they contain signs of extremism, nationalism, and radicalism, and deciding whether to ban them. Otherwise, the hasty or unprofessional actions of judges could lead to irreversible and tragic consequences.