20 May 2023, 19:37
Makhachkala resident convicted within case of extremist organization
The Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala has found Abdulmumin Abdulmuminov, a resident of the city of Makhachkala, guilty of organizing the activities of the "At-Takfir Val-Hidjra" religious association, which is recognized as extremist in Russia and banned.
According to the prosecution, in 2014, in Dagestan, Abdulmuminov organized a religious association, knowing for certain from mass media that it had been banned by the decision of the Russian Supreme Court back in 2010.
The court has concluded that until November 18, 2020, Abdulmuminov organized meetings of the organization, promoted its ideas and recruited new members, until his activities were stopped by law enforcement bodies, the court website has stated.
According to the "Makhachkala Izvestiya" outlet, Abdulmuminov was sentenced to 1.8 years in colony.
The "Caucasian Knot" has also reported that in November 2022, the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) reported on the detention of six followers of the "At Takfir wal-Hidjra"* in Dagestan, Moscow and Voronezh; during the search, "religious literature of extremist content" was confiscated from them.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on May 19, 2023 at 11:59 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
Source: Caucasian Knot
