Salikh Kvaratskhelia Explained

Salikh (Stanislav) Kvaratskhelia is the current First Mufti and Chairman of the Spiritual Board of the Muslims in Abkhazia. He was elected on 19 December 2011 during the Board's fourth congress, after the death of his predecessor Adlia Gablia.^[1]

Assassination attempt

On 10 July 2010, when he was Imam of the Sukhumi Mosque, an attempt was made on Kvaratskhelia's life. Around 16:30, during an inspection near the Kelasur railway station on the Kodori road, a bomb was discovered attached to bottom of his VAZ-2107, which also contained three women and two children. The bomb was defused by employees of HALO Trust.^{[2] [3]}

On 12 June 2012, it became known that as part of the investigation of the perpetrators of the February 2012 assassination attempt on President Alexander Ankvab, police had also re-opened the case of Kvaratskhelia's attempted assassination.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Салих (Станислав) Кварацхелия избран председателем Духовного управления мусульман Абхазии. 15 May 2012. Apsnypress. 19 December 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215908/http://apsnypress.info/news/4986.html. 4 March 2016.
2. News: 10 июля была совершена попытка убийства имама Сухумской мечети Саалиха Кварацхелия – ДУМ РА.. 13 May 2012. Apsnypress. 12 July 2010.
3. http://www.speroforum.com/a/36812/Who-Is-Targeting-Abkhazias-Muslim-Clergy Who Is Targeting Abkhazia's Muslim Clergy?
4. News: Судом продлен срок содержания под стражей до 6 месяцев обвиняемых Анзора Бутба, Алхаса Хутаба, Рамзи Хашига и Муртаза Сакания. 14 June 2012. Apsnypress. 12 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232212/http://apsnypress.info/news/6510.html . 26 April 2014.