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| Bulgarian Islamists released on bail |
| 2007-02-22 |
| Three Muslim men and one woman arrested in Bulgaria for promoting radical Islam and calling for a jihad via two websites will be released on bail today, prosecutor Chavdar Angelov announced on Thursday. The prosecutor said posting radical ideas on a website was a minor offence in Bulgaria and the four would be released. They can leave the country anytime they want. According to the Bulgarian punishment code the severest punishment in Bulgaria for promoting radical islam is a fine of 300 levs (150 euros). The four have no other previous offences, Mr Angelov told reporters. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Union of Bulgarian Muslims Sali Harshinki said they don't have anything to with the accused, and they couldn't afford to manage a website because of insufficient funding. Mr Harshinki told reporters they are trying to attract more Muslims to their organization as members are obliged to pay a fee to the union. "In that way we would be able to develop our organization further and prepare various projects on promoting islam," Mr Harshinski added. |
| Posted by:ryuge |