Several Islamic organizations may soon be outlawed in Russia

ChrisD(RJ) chrisd at russiajournal.com
Wed Feb 19 04:39:07 PST 2003


Several Islamic organizations may soon be outlawed in Russia MOSCOW. Feb 12 (Interfax) - Radical Islamic organizations acting in 40 Russian regions might be outlawed within the next few days, a defense source told Interfax on Wednesday. "Russian law enforcement agencies reported that envoys of 15 organizations which will probably be declared terrorist by the [Supreme] Court are actively recruiting militants and extremists for activities in Russia and abroad," the source pointed out. The militants are gathering intelligence for use in propaganda and acts of sabotage in Russia and its neighboring countries, he said. "Our information indicates that many of these organizations are financed from abroad, namely from Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries," he said. On February 14, Russia's Supreme Court will debate the Prosecutor General's plea to declare terrorist and disband 15 organizations in keeping with the law "On Eradicating Terrorism." The current list of organizations under this law includes the supreme military council of the Caucasus' united Mudjahideen forces based in Chechnya and headed by Shamil Basayev and Al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden. "If they are declared terrorist [organizations] in keeping with the law, sanctions will be applied against them, including confiscation of property and seizure of bank accounts and their transfer to the state," he said. The blacklist compiled by the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Prosecutor General's Office includes the Congress of Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan headed by Basayev and Movladi Udugov, Asbat al- Ansar from Lebanon and Holy War and Al-Gamaa Al Islamya from Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Salvation Party are among the international organizations on the list. Furthermore, the blacklist includes Lashkar-e-Toiba from Pakistan, Afghanistan's Taliban, the Islamic Party of Turkestan, the Social Reform Society and the Islamic Heritage Revival Society from Kuwait and Al-Haramain from Saudi Arabia.



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