
Employees of the Federal Security Service of Ingushetia on March fifth conducted Imam Isa Tschoev in the Ingush village of Ali-Yurt. This was reported by the portal "Caucasian Knot". On the same day, according to the “Caucasian Knot”, the relatives of the Imam of the Sing of the Single Mosque Khamzat Chumakov were detained.
According to Tsechoev, which the publication refers, the search was carried out due to suspicion of illegal storage of weapons. Imam notes that the security forces were polite, after the search they apologized, they didn’t remove anything from the house. Employees of the FSB also wanted to take Tsechoev with his family for a conversation, which was denied.
In the evening of the same day, at the exit from the Magas airport, six relatives of the famous Imam Hamzat Chumakov were detained. The duty unit of the Sunzhensky District Department of Internal Affairs reported that the basis for the detention was a suspicion of violating the rules for transporting firearms. Relatives claim that there were no witnesses during the search, they were not submitted for inspection. Last night, the police remained one of the detainees, the rest were released. There is no data on whether the detainee is released today.
The Issa Tsechoev and Hamzat Chumakov, famous in Imam, are independent of the spiritual administration of the Republic of religious figures. The Mufti of the Republic of Isa Khamkhoev periodically criticizes them due to the discrepancies in the interpretation of a number of the provisions of the Sufi direction in Islam.
In relation to Isa Tsechoev and Hamzat Chumakov, attempts are also periodically made. Last year, the car of Khamzat Chumakov was blown up . Last summer, an attempt was also being prepared for Isa Tschoev. Then, on August 30, near the mosque in the village of Ali Yurt, the security forces found explosives in a car.