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28 August 2009, 15:43Media, Internet must oppose extremist ideology with true information about Islam - Medvedev
Sochi, August 28, Interfax - The mass media and the Internet should more actively promote truly Islamic values and religious education to counter the information of extremist nature, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Such work is not easy but has to be done by the media and the Internet, Medvedev said at a meeting which discussed the support for the Muslim religious organizations in North Caucasus on Friday.
"So far we have seen very weak efforts, and if we talk about how extremist websites and normal website promoting Islam and dogmas existing in our country, impact people's minds, I am afraid the result will not be in favor of the websites that we have, including those run by relevant universities," the president said.
"More work has to be done, because no one can be stopped from using the Internet and we understand that we will be unable to block such extremist websites because they can always continue their propaganda from mirror websites to ensure the flow of information with absolutely extremist content," he said.
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