In Yevpatoria, a court fined an imam for possessing prohibited literature

Imam Elmar Abdulganiev has been brought to justice for keeping materials of the banned religious organization Nurcular.

24 November 2016 Evpatoria city the court recognized the imam of the Khan-Jami mosque Elmar Abdulganieva guilty of storage literature of forbidden religious Association "Nurcular" in order to spread it and sentenced him to fine under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Speech refers to the materials seized during the search at the mosque on November 14, 2016. parishioners, who were present at the search, said that people who posed as employees FSB, conducted it in complete darkness, with disconnected electricity, and could throw books in the mosque. In materials case contained a statement from one of parishioners, Ametkhan Almezhitova, about that the imam is spreading extremist literature. However, in court, where he was summoned as a witness, Almezhitov said that he did not make such statements, and asked to let him get acquainted with the alleged signed document, but the judge refused this request.

Except In addition, according to Abdulganiev, on November 24, when he was forcibly brought to court, he was given only half an hour to search lawyer, which he did not have time to do. Imam intends to challenge the ruling.

Recall we consider it unlawful to ban essays Turkish theologian Said Nursi, confession extremist never existed in Russia of the organization "Nurcular" and persecution of Muslims for involvement to her activities.

Sources

• Evpatoria: Imam Abdulganiev fined for planting banned literature // Grani.Ru. November 27, 2016.
• Yevpatoriya imam was illegally detained and forcibly taken to court // Crimean Human Rights Group. November 26, 2016