A court in Moscow arrested six citizens of Kyrgyzstan for a month in the Tablighi Jamaat case.

On February 19, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested six Kyrgyz citizens suspected of creating an extremist organization (Tablighi Jamaat case). This was reported to the courts.

OVD-Infopress ServiceThe court decided to arrest the visitors until March 17. TASS news agency names of those arrested: Aibek Mamazhunusov, Murzy Kushuev, Aibek Khalmatov, Asan Uulu, Kalbaev Artyk, Kozonov Altynbek. All of them are suspected under Part 1 or Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (creation and participation in an extremist organization).

Earlier, the FSB cited the detention of seven members of the international religious association “Tablighi Jamaat”. The department claims that community members were recruiting new members and promoting extremist ideology. During the searches, printed materials and paraphernalia were confiscated from the detainees. The FSB then reported that among the detainees were “three leaders and four active members of a secret cell.”

declared - the International religious organization "Tablighi Jamaat" in Russia extremist in 2009. According to the SOVA Center, this ban is unlawful, since the association is engaged in the promotion of Islam and has not been seen in calls for violence. In 2017, the FSB announced that 69 members of the organization were detained. acknowledged the opinion of any