A Dagestani official believes residents of the republic face divine punishment for attending concerts and weddings.
In Dagestan, spectators at a rapper's concert have been criticized for the second day. Home, which took place on September 11th Kaspiysk to a sold-out crowd. The female audience members who came to the concert wearing hijabs were especially hard hit.
Local public groups began posting photos and videos of them from the concert, and curses were directed at them.
«Some sisters and wives are standing, dancing and singing along to the songs of some evil spirit»….«"Men," you slept peacefully while your women were there?!».
Officials also joined in the public condemnation. The head of the city's education department Kizlyar Abdulmukmin Gadzhiev He recorded a three-minute video message on this matter, in which he stated that “because of one person, the Almighty is punishing an entire city,” and predicted punishment “for all the people of Dagestan.”
«I have a question for the people who attend concerts of Basta and other singers like him, or weddings that are no different from such concerts, or nightclubs: what are you trying to achieve?! What must happen here for you to abandon this way of life and return to Allah?! — Gadzhiev is indignant in his address.
In his speech, Gadzhiev also quoted the Quran, drew the republic's residents' attention to the possibility of "severe punishment for ingratitude," and called for daily repentance.
In the comments under the post, many supported Gadzhiev, but there were also those who called for a fight not against concerts, but against real problems.Maybe it's time to start Solve problems? When your toe hurts, you probably need to treat the toe itself, rather than complain about the shoes that put pressure on the swollen toe?“…”We want these smart guys to not stand by while my people suffer from water shortages, power outages, gas shortages, bad roads, high fuel prices, and everything else. Got it?».
Some commentators drew attention to the speaker’s watch and iPhone: “With such moralizing, one could, for the sake of decency, take off one’s watch and put away one’s phone for a while.”
