[4] He had recently hosted and aired a documentary on TV Chirkey criticizing radical forms of Islam.
[4] Alishayev was particularly critical of Wahhabism, which had taken root in neighboring Chechnya, and actively advocated for more moderate forms of Islam.
[5] Alishayev was shot in the head and shoulder by two unknown assailants while driving his car on the evening of 2 September 2008.
[3] Alishayev's killing came less than three days after the police shooting of journalist and businessman Magomed Yevloyev, the owner of Ingushetiya.ru, in the nearby Republic of Ingushetia.
[4][6] U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said of the killing of Alishayev that "There needs to be people held to account for what happened.