An “independent” religious community was brought to justice in Crimea
In Crimea, a district court decided to fine the religious organization of the Muslim community “Eski Kyrym” for the production and distribution of extremist materials.
The mufti could not explain how the banned books ended up in the mosque where the community gathers, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The press service of the Kirov District Court clarified that extremist literature was seized in February of this year by operatives from the premises of a local mosque in the city of Old Crimea, where a local religious organization actually operates.
“At the court hearing, the leader of the Muslim community did not admit his guilt; how books from his words appeared in the mosque is not known,” the court clarified.
However, the court decided to collect 100 rubles from the religious organization with confiscation of the seized materials.
“Eski Kyrym” calls itself an independent Muslim community. The Zubair Jami mosque in Old Crimea, where extremist materials were stored, is associated with it. However, the chairman of the community, Idris Yurdamov, claims that the community “has nothing to do with the Zubair Jami mosque and literature, respectively.
The Crimean Solidarity movement, which monitors and popularizes on social networks cases of detention and arrest of Crimean Tatars, passing them off as political and religious persecution, claims that extremist materials appeared in the mosque after searches of four members of the community - imam Izet Sayfullin, chairman Idris Yurdamov, activists Shevket Kiyamov and Lenur Yakubov. The court sent him under arrest for 14 days for propaganda and public display of extremist symbols.
Yurdamov was released, but Kiyamov was left at home after the search. A report was drawn up against Saifullin for violating missionary activities. After drawing up a report, he was released from the police department.
In Crimea, not all mosques are under the supervision of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea. According to the deputy mufti of the Muslims of Crimea and Sevastopol, Raim Gafarov, the process of transition from sectarianism to traditional Islam is progressing as law enforcement officers work with supporters of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
“There was a period when we were distant from our religion, and then, when in the 90s we began to return to Crimea, there were other problems, more everyday ones, and there was no spiritual fulfillment. And whoever came taught all this, and our youth, like a sponge, absorbed everything. And that’s where all the problems arose,” he explained.
The imam added that there was neither Wahhabism nor Habashism in Crimea. All this appeared in the 90s, while traditional Islam, its understanding among Crimean Muslims, has centuries-old roots.
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