(Reuters) Islam comes to the classroom in Russia’s Chechnya
At school No. 20 in Russia's troubled region of Chechnya, boys sit on one side of the classroom and girls in headscarves on the other. All are silent as the new teacher rises to speak.
"Do you say your morning prayers?" Islam Dzhabrailov, 21, asks, wearing a green prayer cap and a plain tunic, religious dress that is increasingly popular in the mountainous province in southern Russia's mostly Muslim Caucasus region.
"It's just as important as doing your homework," he tells the students aged 14-15.
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Posted October 26, 2012 at 4:40 pm
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