[RFE/RL] A court in the Kazakh city of Temirtau sentenced a local resident to three years in jail for being a member of a banned Islamic group. Orazbek Apakashev was found guilty of being a member of the Tablighi Jamaat group.According to the court, Apakashev actively participated in the banned group's activities in Lahore and Karachi.
The Tablighi Jamaat is a religious movement founded in India in the 1920's that positions itself as a pacifist organization and not involved in politics. In recent years, it has been banned in Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
It's a "pacifist" Islamist recruiting arm.