A prominent and popular imam has been killed in the south of Kyrgyzstan, in the town of Korasuv in the Ferghana Valley near the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border. According to his family and local police, the imam – Rafik Kamalov – was shot dead by Kyrgyz special forces. But security officials have not confirmed his death. The Ferghana Valley lies in the south of Kyrgyzstan – the very heart of Muslim Central Asia. Full Story