‘Prayers leader’ detained in Moscow

The prayers leader of a mosque in the Russian capital has been taken into custody by anti-extremism forces of the country’s interior ministry.

The prayers leader of a mosque in the Russian capital has been taken into custody by anti-extremism forces of the country’s interior ministry.

The imam of Yadryam Mosque, located in Otradnoye, a northeastern district of Moscow, is accused of spreading terrorist and extremist ideas.

He is said to have delivered a speech in support of Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islam, deemed to be a terrorist group.

A court has ruled that he must be under house arrest until August 27.

Yadryam Mosque was established in Moscow in 1997 and has a capacity of 2000 worshippers.