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| Bulgaria charges radical imam, six others with supporting Islamic State | |
| 2014-11-27 | |
| [TODAYONLINE] A Bulgaria holy man and six others detained during a special operation by security forces earlier this week have been charged with supporting the ultra-radical Death Eater group Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... , Bulgarian prosecutors said on Wednesday. Charges against Moslem prayer leader Ahmed Mussa, five men and one woman include propagating an anti-democratic ideology and incitement to war, both verbally and with videos and images, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Borislav Sarafov said. Islamic State, who control territory in Iraq and Syria, have carried out brutal killings of civilians, including highly publicized beheadings of foreign journalists and aid workers. The group has been targeted by U.S.-led air strikes. Western governments fear their own citizens who have joined the group to fight could return and carry out attacks at home. Bulgarian security forces raided more than 40 homes and a mosque in southern Bulgaria on Tuesday to seize books and computers in a special operation aimed at uncovering radical Islamist activities. Some 26 people were held for 24 hours and 30 witnesses were questioned during the operation, conducted by more than 400 coppers, security agents, prosecutors and Sherlocks. "(Mussa) is an intelligent man, so he has accepted the prosecutors' decision and he has not expressed indignation regarding his detention," Elvira Pankova, Mussa's lawyer, told news hounds. Investigators discovered a large number of shirts, hats, flags and banners with the logo of the Islamic State. Sarafov said that Mussa, a former Christian of Roma origin who converted to Islam in 2000 while working in Vienna, had preached surrounded by the Islamic State flags. The imam had told his followers to be prepared to fight against Christianity to achieve the ultimate goal of establishing a global caliphate, according to Sarafov.
Ahmed Mossa Ahmed, a Bulgaria holy man in a tight-knit Roma neighborhood in southern Bulgaria, was detained Tuesday along with five men and one woman in a massive operation by police and prosecutors that included a raid on a mosque. According to Sarafov, Ahmed had followers from Roma Moslem communities in Germany, La Belle France and the Netherlands and the Bulgarian group was serving as a link for western Europeans wanting to join IS fighters in Syria and Iraq. Ahmed was already twice given jail time, including as recently as March, for promoting radical ideology in mosques, conferences and cafes. But he remained free pending appeal. The office of the country's Chief Mufti, the spiritual leader of Bulgaria's Moslems, meanwhile distanced itself from the suspects. A majority Christian Orthodox country, Bulgaria also has a 13-percent Moslem population, including ethnic Turks, Moslem Roma and Pomaks, whose Christian ancestors were forced to convert to Islam during the country's Ottoman domination. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Muslim Romas - now there's a group of winners |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-11-27 14:52 |