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Two members of Hezb-e Tahrir arrested in Dushanbe
Two members of Hezb-e Tahrir, which is banned in Tajikistan, have been arrested in Dushanbe. Literature with extremist content and over 50 copies of leaflets, which call for overthrowing the constitutional system in the country, were seized from the detainees, a source at the Tajik Security Ministry told ITAR-TASS today. The religious extremists, the purpose of whom is to set up an Islamic caliphate in Central Asia... Law-enforcement agencies have managed to bring over 200 extremists to trial since 1998, when the extremists began penetrating into Tajikistan. At the same time, the number of Hezb-e Tahrir members exceeds by several times the number of those arrested, experts think.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-12-16 |
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