The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is concerned about the activities of “sects”

Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliyev, speaking at visiting meeting of the interdepartmental commission on countering extremism, urged monitor the activities of "sects".

"About ten large religious sects. This is of particular concern, because cult members often leave from families, break social ties, give away their property, and sometimes commit grave and especially grave crimes," the minister said.

He accused members of some religious organizations of organization of arsons of temples and murders.

"This also takes place in the Siberian Federal district. And in the Trans-Baikal Territory, Omsk, Kemerovo regions. In particular, there were criminal cases were initiated against members of a religious organization "Jehovah's Witnesses" on the fact of their distribution of extremist literature, - said R. Nurgaliev. - People who have an unhealthy condition sometimes unite in sects. representation of the world and its independence and exclusivity .

Sources

• About ten large sects operate in Russia - Nurgaliyev // Interfax-religion. 2011. August 3.
• At the meeting, they tried to give an answer to extremism // Soviet Siberia. 2011. August 3.