| From his chinny-chin-chin? |
Aihan Ergyuven, chairman of the Chechen committee Sivas, said at the Grozny airport, "The Chechen diaspora in Turkey asked Erdogan to give the holy hairs to Chechnya. We received a positive response within a month and the priceless gift has been delivered to Grozny today."
Despite the freezing weather, thousands of Chechens, including Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, met the hairs at the airports and in the city's streets. An Islamic ritual marking this event was held in the republic's central mosque.
A different hair from Mohammed was brought from Uzbekistan to Chechnya early last year. The hair is in a capsule located in a box. Historical documents claim that the hair, also taken to the Grozny central mosque, had been in Uzbekistan since the times of the Caliphate.