16 works of Said Nursi are recognized as extremist in Kaliningrad

On February 6, 2013 it became known that the Central District the court of Kaliningrad satisfied the claim of the prosecutor's office of the Kaliningrad region and recognized extremist materials 14 books and 2 brochures by Said Nursi. The court's decision entered into force.

It is reported that literature from the collected works of "Risale-i Nur" was seized during a search at a resident of Kaliningrad, in respect of which the case is being investigated under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of an extremist organization). Most likely, meaning the matter Amira Abueva.

The court agreed with the arguments of the psycho-linguistic religious expertise that " the books and pamphlets of the specified author are a single complex of means of psychological influence on consciousness, will and human behavior, contain signs of inciting religious hatred, form hostility to other religions and distort information about them, encroach on the rights and freedom of non-Islamic citizens ."

The books "The Tenth Word. On the Resurrection from the Dead" were recognized as extremist (3 books of different publishing houses) (so in the message of the prosecutor's office - ed .), "Guide for youth" (2 books of different publishing houses) (so - ed .), "Words", "Letters", "Comparison of Faith and Unbelief", "Islam in modern Turkey. Intellectual Biography of Badiuzzaman Said Nursi", "Twenty sixth glow. Radiance for the Elderly", "A Treatise on Nature", "Twenty third word", "Way of the Sunnah (selected)" (so - ed .), "Great sign. Part first. Observations of one traveler asking the universe about his Creator" and brochures "The Mystery of the Human "I" and the smallest particles", "Lesson of sincerity".

In our opinion, this decision is wrong. First of all, Let us remind you that we do not consider it legitimate to ban Nursi's works that do not contain any extreme statements, as well as the Nurcular organization, which did not exist in Russia. We oppose the persecution of individual believers studying the books of Nursi.

Moreover, the court demonstrated a formal-bureaucratic approach to business. All banned in bulk literature seized during the search. " Tenth the word , " The Way of the Sunnah ", " Twenty third word "," Comparison beliefs and disbeliefs " have previously been recognized as extremist by various courts Russian Federation and included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials (and "The Way of the Sunnah" and "The Twenty-Third Word" by the decision The Central District Court of Kaliningrad was recognized as extremist for the third time).

Sources

• At the request of the prosecutor of the Kaliningrad region, the court recognized 16 works of Badiuzzaman Said Nursi as extremist literature // Website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Kaliningrad Region. 2013. February 6.