TBILISI, DFWatch–A ten-day summer camp was organized in mid-August for about one hundred Georgian Muslim and Christian children. The camp is aimed at making friends, train and educate, as well as breaking down prejudices about religion.
Giorgi Jaiani, 15, came
TBILISI, DFWatch–Years have passed without a solution to the need for a new mosque in Batumi. The governments keep promising Muslims that they will make a decision, but according to Muslims, both the central and the local government are attempting to delay
TBILISI, DFWatch–For more than a decade, Muslims in Batumi have failed to get permission to build a second mosque in the city. The one they have is not big enough to meet demand.
Every Friday, several thousands of Muslims come to Orta Jame Mosque in Batumi,
TBILISI, DFWatch–In a Muslim village near Tbilisi, a man was recently stabbed to death, and three days later a prayer house was put on fire. Is there a connection? DF Watch went there to investigate.
The village is called Mughanlo and lies about 30 minutes’ drive east
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia’s southwestern Adjara region, authorities have changed their decision to allow the Muslim population to build a new mosque in Batumi, a city on the shores of the Black Sea.
Tens of thousands of Muslims live in different villages and
TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in Georgia say they are being pressured by law enforcement bodies.
Clerics from the Muslims community January 22 met with the Public Defender.
According to the Ombudsman’s office, the meeting dealt with problems they are experiencing and
TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in Georgia will from now on have two muftis instead of one. This was decided at a session of the Administration of Muslims of all Georgia on January 9.
Jemal Paksadze, who used to be the Mufti of all Georgia, from now on will be mufti of