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Georgian Muslim villages fight back against Orthodox Church land-grab

by Dato Parulava

•7 min read

Residents of two villages in southern Georgia are suing the government for transferring land they have used for decades to the Georgian Orthodox Church. They claim the lands are vital for them to sustain their families, but local church officials — who plan to build a monastery in the predominantly Muslim area — don’t share their concerns. The land in question is a roughly 8-hectare plot lying between the villages of Kikibo and Dertseli in Adigeni Municipality. Since the 1990s local resi

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Voice from Meskheti | ‘Whether in rain or thunderstorms, we pray outside’

by Dato Parulava

•4 min read

After a dispute broke out between Christians and Muslims over the ruins of a building in the village of Mokhe, in southwest Georgia’s Adigeni Municipality, the government stepped in to resolve the situation by pledging to build a new mosque. The building in question, which Muslims in the village claim is a mosque but Christians believe was constructed on the ruins of a church, has been officially declared a ‘disputed building’. The Mokhe Commission, which was created to determine