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2023-06-10 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Resident of Kaspiysk sentenced for participation in 'At-Takfir Val-Hijra'
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[KavkazUzel] Kazbek Gasanov was sentenced to three years and two months in prison for organizing the activities of At-Takfir Val-Hijra*
...the At Takfir wal Hijra movement was founded 1971, led by Upper Egyptian agronomist Shukri Mustafa (1942-1978). Originally Muslim Brotherhood, he joined Sayyid Qutb in splitting off to pursue violent jihad. After Shukri Mustafa was executed, the group split again, the more moderate faction following Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who subsequently became Al Qaeda’s second in command. Takfir wal Hijra has cells all over the place — Ukraine reported arresting three Crimean turbans in 2009, and a larger cell was tied up in Moscow in 2013.
and storing ammunition. The court in Kaspiysk took into account the defendant's cooperation with the investigation and the presence of five children, and sentenced Gasanov to three years and two months in prison.

Kazbek Gasanov, a resident of Kaspiysk, was found guilty of organizing the activities of the At-Takfir Val-Hijra religious association and storing ammunition, Kavkaz.Realii reported today.

As follows from the verdict published on the website of the court, Hasanov joined a religious group until 2015 and attended meetings of its cell. According to the investigation and the court, he participated in joint prayers, discussed the future "World Caliphate" and interpreted religious publications recognized in Russia as extremist. The security forces reported on the seizure of 17 cartridges for a Kalashnikov assault rifle, 10 cartridges for a Makarov pistol and a RG-42 hand fragmentation grenade from Gasanov during a search.

The court took into account that Hasanov had no previous convictions, had a disabled mother, a wife and five children, and actively contributed to the investigation. He "fully pleaded guilty." As a result, he was sentenced to three years and two months in prison in a penal colony. The court also deprived Gasanov of the right to engage in religious activities for five years and sentenced him to a year of imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 rubles.

The case, at the request of the defense, was considered in a special order. During the preliminary investigation, Gasanov "gave detailed testimony about the criminal activities of other members of the organized group", on the basis of which the investigation opened criminal cases against its members, as well as "against 14 persons from among the members of the cell of the religious association "At-Takfir Wal-Hijra", which were not previously known to law enforcement agencies," the verdict says.

 The organization "At-Takfir wal-Hijra" (Accusation of disbelief and hijra) appeared in Egypt and spread in the North Caucasus, especially in Kabardino-Balkaria in 1997-1998. Supporters of the organization belong to the Salafi trend in Islam and are distinguished by strict requirements for fellow believers. They consider an apostate anyone who does not pray five times a prayer , even if such a person calls himself a Muslim, and also insist on the inadmissibility of working in the structure of Russian law enforcement agencies, the Caucasian Knot reports Kabardino-Balkaria: On the Road to Disaste, performances in Nalchik on October 13-14, 2005."

Since the At-Takfir wal-Hijra group was recognized as extremist and banned in Russia in 2010, its members have been repeatedly detained in different regions of the country, a British journalist, creator of the project "Chechens in Syria", analyst Joanna Parashchuk.

The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala found Abdulmumin Abdulmuminov guilty of organizing the activities of the religious association "At-Takfir wal-Hijra" * and sentenced him to a year and eight months in prison.
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