Muslim lobbyists call on IOC to move Sochi Olympics

The Circassian diaspora, the group of indigenous Muslims from the northwest Caucasus, has appealed to the International Olympic Committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics not to be held in Sochi unless Russia apologises for the deaths of 300,000 Circassians in and around Sochi during the 19th century.

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