Adam Kadyrov, the 15-year-old son of the authoritarian ruler of the Russian North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was awarded with the Order for Serving Islam on November 15, his seventh award since he beat up Russian teenager Nikita Zhuravel, who was arrested for burning a Koran in August. Adam Kadyrov was honored for his "significant personal contribution to the strengthening of Islam and the defense of its values." He has already been honored by Chechnya and Russia's other mostly Muslim-populated republics -- Tatarstan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachai-Cherkessia. Ramzan Kadyrov is said to have asked his counterparts to honor his son. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.
