Outstanding hypnotist

The SOVA Information and Analytical Center released information about the case of a native of Bashkortostan, Eduard Gabdrakhmanov, and the director of the Sad publishing group, which produces Muslim literature, Aidar Khabibullin. They are accused of inciting hatred and possessing ammunition. According to the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor's Office, in September 2010, Gabdrakhmanov and Khabibullin posted leaflets on the station square of the Saltykovka station (Gorky direction of the Moscow Railway), which, as the examination found, called for hostile actions of “one group of people towards another, united by their attitude towards religion, namely Islam. In addition, the texts contain statements aimed at inciting hostility, as well as humiliating human dignity.” In 2007, Gabdrakhmanov was already sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony in Orenburg for distributing leaflets of the banned organization Hizb ut-Tahrir.

Meanwhile, according to SOVA, serious violations were committed during the examination. Thus, experts do not have the right to answer questions about the presence in the text of statements aimed at inciting hatred. “In principle, this violation alone is enough to consider the examination illegal,” says a message on the center’s website. In addition, among the books that the experts analyzed were works on history: “Fundamentals of Islam: How the Residents of Medina Understood It” by Kadiy Yad and “Prophet Muhamad (as in the documents - EJ) Mustafa-2” by Osman Nuri Topbash. Experts, employees of the Russian Institute of Cultural Studies, Doctor of Cultural Studies Vitaly Batov and Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, mathematics teacher (!) Natalya Kryukova did not like the fact that the first of these books contains calls to live according to Sharia, describes medieval realities that do not fit into modern Russian law, and also - this is the most terrible extremism! - contains a ban on killing fleas when praying and the need to go far into the desert to cope with great need, and the second is generally unscientific, contains scenes of violence, justification of martyrs (prayer for them and rules for their burial are described), a description of the rules for treating slaves and division of war booty. So, in general, any books that describe social and religious life in the Middle Ages can be banned, otherwise, no matter the hour, someone will read it and want to follow what is written.

By the way, Kryukova and Batov managed to become famous earlier for examining the leaflets of the National Bolshevik Andrei Nikitin, who hung up a banner “Putin is a criminal!” in the Khudozhestvenny cinema while watching the film. It was then noted that none of the experts presented documents at the trial confirming that they had special education to conduct examinations. These same experts at one time recognized the leaflet “Kill the Slave in You,” which was distributed by Vladimir Akimenkov, as extremist.

As for Gabdrakhmanov and Khabibullin, a whole hysteria has already been inflated around their case. Thus, in the glorious newspaper Izvestia, a material appeared in which it was stated that Khabibullin had been found with “several notebooks that described hypnosis techniques used to direct a person to carry out a terrorist attack and self-destruction.” It should be noted that the indictment does not say anything about hypnosis. First Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Alexander Torshin, with whom the newspaper spoke, stated that Khabibullin “was the leader of the international extremist terrorist organization Nurcular and recruited suicide bombers in the Moscow region.” A source close to the investigation told Izvestia that “the literature found on the accused gives reason to believe that they were associated with al-Qaeda.”

To further fuel the nightmare, the article says that the leaflets allegedly posted by Gabdrakhmanov and Khabibullin had an “eloquent title” “In the name of Allah the Merciful.” It should be recalled that “In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Compassionate” is the first phrase in the vast majority of suras of the Quran.

However, it cannot be said that all the charges were so far-fetched. The leaflet itself, the text of which was not obtained by SOVA, according to the prosecution, calls for “blowing up the infidels,” continuing the work of those who carried out explosions in the Moscow metro. In addition, grenades were found on Gabdrakhmanov’s person and Khabibullin’s at home. The accused, however, claim that the leaflets and grenades were planted on them.