The Moscow Times:
The Krasnodar Regional Court overturned a local court’s decision to ban a widely read Russian translation of the Quran on Tuesday, quieting fears of unrest among the country’s sizable Muslim community over the ban.
The decade-old translation of the holy book was banned in September by a court in the southern city of Novorossiysk under article 282 of the Criminal Code for the “incitement of national, racial, or religious enmity.” The ruling was appealed by the lawyer of Azeri theologian Elmir Kuliyev, who wrote the translation.
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