The court in Kurgan acquitted Imam Yakupov accused of extremism

The Kurgan City Court found ex-Imam Ali Yakupov not guilty of inciting hatred against the social group “Communists”. about this Writes "Kommersant".

The imam was accused of inciting hatred towards the communists (Article 282 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in 2016 Yakupov left a comment on the social network VKontakte on a post about the ban on wearing the hijab in China. In his commentary, the imam predicted "heavenly punishments" for the Chinese communists.

Ali Yakupov announced that his account had been hacked. It follows from the reasoning part of the verdict that the imam's involvement in the commentary has been established, but the court did not find any signs of extremism in the recording. “According to the court, this was an appeal to higher powers and, accordingly, could not be a call to incite hostility,” Kommersant writes.