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| Hizb ut-Tahrir cell convicted in Uzbekistan |
| 2011-06-23 |
| The trial of ten members of the outlawed Hizb ut-Tahrir is over in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan. A police source said, "The group leaders - Bakhtiyar Makhamatov and Nematilla Sakhibov - were sentenced to seven years in prison. Six group members were sentenced to six years, and the two youngest members of the group were sentenced to correctional labor." Makhamatov, 30, was an imam. "He used his position to create an informal extremist religious group," according to the source. He said Makhamatov "gathered his supporters to advocate ideas of Hizb ut-Tahrir and Wahhabism. In fact, he called for overthrowing the existent constitutional system and recruited new members to the illegal group." The group distributed extremist books and DVDS and called for joining the jihad for a caliphate. |
| Posted by:ryuge |