Imam and deputy mufti beaten in Crimea
On April 1, 2022, in the mosque of the village of Pionerskoye near Simferopol, the parishioners of the village The Kurts beat the chief imam of the region, Enver Bakiyev, and on April 2, the deputy mufti of Crimean Muslims, Raim Gafarov. According to Spiritual administration of Muslims of Crimea and Sevastopol (Taurian Muftiate), the attackers are Salafists. A group of parishioners led by Akim Islyamov shouted insults, accused Bakiyev of disbelief, hit and kicked him.