The FSB commented on searches and detentions in the homes of Crimean religious extremists
The FSB released details of yesterday's search and detention of ten Crimean Tatars in Bakhchisaray and Dzhankoy district.
All of them are members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami organization, which is banned in Russia, and recruited new supporters from among Crimean Muslims, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The political party Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, created in London, aims to create the so-called “World Caliphate” with the destruction of the institutions of secular society and the violent overthrow of the current government.
At secret meetings, Crimean supporters of a movement banned in many countries around the world recruited new members, and at home they kept propaganda materials and electronic media, as well as large sums of money in Russian and foreign currencies intended for the needs of the terrorist organization.
As reported by the FSB Central Investigation Department, the investigative department of the regional department has opened criminal cases. Operational search activities and investigative actions continue.
Let us remind you that the day before it became known about searches in the houses of Crimean Tatars - regular participants in actions in support of supporters of the terrorist organization - the political party Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, banned in the Russian Federation. Searches were also carried out in the homes of “imams” likely involved in this organization.
The Crimean Solidarity movement, which calls itself a human rights movement, published photos of the detainees, as well as a video with comments from wives and children about how scared they were of the arrival of the security forces, without mentioning a word about involvement in a banned organization.
The reason is that in Ukraine, Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami was not included in the list of prohibited organizations, while in Russia this status was assigned to the organization back in 2003. After entering the Russian legal field, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea carried out explanatory work for several years to abolish sectarian movements, but London-funded pseudo-Islamic preachers find new supporters, taking advantage of their ignorance of the real goals of extremists. And, then, he uses those convicted of participation in a terrorist organization as examples of the oppression of Muslims in Crimea and the fight against dissent.
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea considers arguments that Hizb ut-Tahrir members are being persecuted for gathering outside court buildings during Hizb trials, for systematic criticism of the Russian government, and for the Crimean Tatars' widespread disloyalty to the events of 2014, a distraction from the core of the problem: Hizb ut-Tahrir is banned in Russia and virtually all Arab countries, and this ban is enshrined in law.
The FSB commented on the searches and detentions in the homes of Crimean religious extremists.