Did Navalny call Muslims "cockroaches"?

BBC: There was a time when journalists used to ask Alexei Navalny why he was still free. The next question was often whether he feared for his life. When Navalny was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent in August 2020, they stopped asking. Now Vladimir Putin's most dangerous political opponent has been pronounced dead by the Russian prison service. READ MORE 

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Alexei Navalny is a Russian politician and lawyer who has been a prominent critic of the Russian government. He has been accused of anti-Islamic sentiment on several occasions.

Some of the evidence that has been used to support these accusations includes:

In 2007, Navalny co-founded the Russian National Liberation Movement, a nationalist group that has been accused of anti-Islamic sentiment.

In 2008, Navalny made a video in which he appeared to compare immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries in Central Asia to "cockroaches."

In 2013, Navalny wrote a blog post in which he argued that Russia should ban the construction of new mosques.

However, it is important to note that Navalny has also made statements that appear to contradict these accusations. For example, in 2012, he wrote a blog post in which he argued that Russia should protect the rights of its Muslim citizens.

In conclusion, there is no consensus on whether or not Alexei Navalny is anti-Islamic. There is evidence to support both sides of the argument. It is important to consider all of the evidence before forming an opinion.