Doku Umarov, also known as Abu Usman, the self-appointed Amir of the Caucasus Emirate, has imposed sharia rule “throughout it’s territory.” Umarov vowed to “restore Shariah legitimacy of the State before the Almighty Allah (s.w.), to protect life, liberty, honor, dignity of the Muslims and to return for Caucasus a status Dar-us-salam (the territories of peace).”
