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'Leader' of banned Islamic group detained in Kyrgyzstan | |
2017-11-14 | |
[RFE/RL] Authorities in the northern Chui region of Kyrgyzstan say they have arrested the leader of a banned Islamic group. Regional police department spokesman Nurbek Toktosunov said on November 13 that a 47-year-old man arrested in late October is "the leader of a religious community that follows the teachings of the Yaqyn Inkar Islamic movement." Yaqyn Inkar was founded in India. Authorities in Kyrgyzstan consider it an extremist organization and banned it in June. ![]() Members of Yaqyn Inkar try to live as people did when the Prophet Mohammad was alive. They do not use modern technical devices, refuse medical and social services, travel on foot, and wear only traditional white clothes.
In 2016, before the group was banned, Kyrgyz officials expressed concerns about the religious movement, saying it was propagating its ideas without obtaining legal permission. | |
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