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Ziyavdin Dapaev's books will not be returned to the owner
On May 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan upheld the decision of the world court of Makhachkala dated March 19, 2012 regarding the books confiscated from Ziyavdin Dapaev, who was convicted for organizing the activities of the non-existent Nurcular organization and distributing banned writings by the Turkish theologian Said Nursi. According to the court order, 15 titles of books from the collection of works of Risale-i-Nur (about 70 copies), recognized by the courts as extremist, are subject to destruction, and the rest (more than hundreds of volumes) should be kept on file.
In mid-March, when the world court was considering question about the fate of Dapaev's books, the republican prosecutor's office expressed readiness to return to the accused all seized literature, with the exception of those included in the list extremist literature, but then changed its position. The court held that the books should be kept on file, which means that over time they can be destroyed. Meanwhile, among These books also contain surahs of the Qur'an.
According to Dapaev's lawyer, the court gave no reason for its decision.
The decision of the world court was appealed in the appellate and cassation order, but the Supreme Court ruled that it be upheld.
According to experts, the destruction of non-prohibited religious literature will cause dissatisfaction of Muslim figures and organizations.
We consider unlawful both the Dapaev case itself and the seizure of non-prohibited literature from him.
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