Followers of Muslim theologian Said Nursi were placed under arrest in Dagestan and Tatarstan

Courts in Dagestan and Tatarstan sent followers of the Muslim theologian Said Nursi under arrest. This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova".

in the case, Ilgar Aliyev, was detained for two months. person involved In Izberbash, Dagestan, a article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The name of the new defendant is unknown.

In Naberezhnye Chelny, 62-year-old Nakia Sharifullina, already convicted in 2014 under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code, was placed under house arrest. Then she was accused of coordinating the work of the "women's home madrasah", where the works of Said Nursi were studied. As a result, she was fined 50 thousand rubles.

In addition to Sharifullina, other followers of Said Nursi were detained in Naberezhnye Chelny, but the details of their cases are unknown.

April 9 The name of Said Nursi's follower detained in Izberbash became known. The 54-year-old man's name is Ibragim Murtazaliev. He was placed in SIZO No. 1 in Makhachkala. This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova".

• The activities of Nurcular, which allegedly aims to establish a Muslim religious government based on Sharia, were recognized as extremist and banned by the Russian Supreme Court in 2008.
• The SOVA Center considers the ban on the Nurcular Association unlawful. According to human rights activists, there is no such organization in Russia, there are only individual believers. They are being unreasonably persecuted for studying the books of the theologian Nursi, they write on the center's website.