Tajikistan's Grand Mufti Injured In Attack In Dushanbe Mosque

Grand Mufti of Tajikistan Saidmukarram Abdulqodirzoda was attacked in the capital city, Dushanbe, on September 11 in the city’s central mosque. The press office of Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry said Abdulqodirzoda, the state-selected head of Tajikistan’s Muslims, was injured but is in stable condition. The press office said the attacker injured the mufti "with a cutting tool out of a sense of hooliganism." The attacker is currently under arrest and no motive has been determined. Abdulqodirzoda is 61 years old and has been the chairman of the Council of Scholars of the Islamic Center, the only fatwa-issuing body in Tajikistan, since 2010. To read the full story by RFE/RL's Tajik Service, click here.