MOSCOW, November 5 (RAPSI) – The Sakhalin Regional Court granted an appeal submitted by Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov by revoking lower court’s ruling that labelled as extremist a book containing quotes and commentary on verses from the Quran, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.

On August 12 a judge of the Far Eastern city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk declared extremist the book “Plea (Dua) to God: Its Role and Place in Islam”. The book was printed and released on request of The Spiritual Muslim Board of the Asiatic part of Russia. A judge agreed with a prosecutor who said that the book calls for terrorism and kidnapping. This ruling became controversial because legal status of some verses from the Quran was questioned as well.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov earlier called on holding the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Court judge and prosecutor liable for their decision. Marina Gridneva, a representative of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, said legal issues concerned with declaring religious books extremist should be reviewed within a legal context.