In the Penza region, an imam-khatib was fined for possessing the book “Islam Today”
Imam-Khatib was punished for keeping the forbidden book Maududi in the mosque. On December 2, 2016, it became known that on November 10, 2016, the Lopatinsky District Court of the Penza Region fined the imam-hatib of the mosque in the village of Stary Karlygan Samyat Atyakov for 1,000 rubles, finding him guilty of storing extremist materials for mass distribution (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) . The court ruling entered into force on November 22, 2016.