In Belgorod, the court recognized the video “Islam” as extremist

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Belgorod satisfied the claim of the city prosecutor's office to recognize as extremist the video "Islam" published by VKontakte, affirming the superiority of Islam over other religions.

October 14, 2015 it became known that Oktyabrsky the district court of Belgorod recognized as extremist the video "Islam", published by on one of the pages of VKontakte.

The image in this video is accompanied by text on Arabic with simultaneous translation into Russian. The examination carried out to the conclusion that in this text “there are statements about the advantage of one person or group of persons in front of other people on the basis of their attitude to religion, contains a negative assessment of the actions of a group of persons united by their attitude towards religion."

On this basis, the Belgorod prosecutor's office asked the court recognize the video as extremist material. The court granted the demands of the prosecutor's office.

We do not have the text of this video, but the claims of the prosecutor's office are worded in such a way that they cast doubt on the legitimacy ban. We believe that a ban on religious materials is only appropriate if if they contain aggressive appeals against non-believers. Sources

• At the request of the prosecutor's office of Belgorod, the court recognized the video posted on the social network as extremist // Website of the prosecutor's office of the Belgorod region. 2015. October 14.