Anas Pshikhachev

Russian imam (1967–2010)

Haji Anas Musayevich Pshikhachev (p-she-KAH-chev, Russian: Анас Мусаевич Пшихачев; Kabardian: Пщыхакӏ Iэнэс, Мусэ и къуэ; 11 December 1967 – 15 December 2010) was a Russian Muslim religious figure of Circassian ethnicity who served as Head of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria from April 2004 until his assassination in December 2010. RIA Novosti referred to him as one of the most influential Muslim religious figures of the North Caucasus.