Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan will
verify the information on extremist nature of Muslim spiritual and
recreational camps attended by students from Russia. Why send Russian
children to religious camps abroad if there are plenty of those in the
Russian Federation? However, the activity of the latter also has
unacceptable elements.
The inspection was prompted by the information posted on the website News of the Altai Mountains and
stating that one of the organizers of the trip to Kazakhstan is Imam
Serzhan Svatov. The imam is currently under investigation with respect
to a criminal case of extremist nature, namely, organization of the
activities of religious association Tablighi Jamaat prohibited on the
territory of Russia. As established by the Supreme Court of the Russian
Federation, the purpose of the religious association is world domination
through the spread of radical forms of Islam and the establishment of
an Islamic state "World Caliphate."
Altai prosecuting authorities began
their investigation that "will assess the legality of the organizers and
others persons associated with sending children to spiritual wellness
Muslim camps in Kazakhstan, the activities of these camps, and legality
of taking children out of the Russian Federation unaccompanied by their
parents," states the site of the prosecution office.
Serzhan Svatov, the imam of Kosh-Agach
mosque, commented as follows: "We were surprised by this reaction.
Parents cannot understand what they did wrong, why their children cannot
receive the spiritual and moral education in their homeland in formal
camps whose activity is entirely under the control of the Spiritual
Administration of Kazakhstan. We are all in shock! People are outraged,
we did not expect such an outcome of the organization of summer
holidays," Bankfaks agency quoted Svatov.
However, the authorities of Kazakhstan,
in contrast to the Imam of Kosh-Agach, do not believe that the
activities of such camps are controlled by the Spiritual Administration
of Kazakhstan. Recently, efforts to prevent the spread of Wahhabism
among the youth were enhanced in the country. "At this time, on behalf
of the head of the government, a state program on combating religious
extremism and terrorism in the Republic of Kazakhstan was established
and will be implemented over a five-year period," said Kairat Lama
Sharif, chairman of the Agency for Religious Affairs at the scientific
and practical conference "Islam and jihadism" in Aktau, wrote BNews. kz. It was decided to return Kazakh students studying in religious institutions abroad to Kazakhstan.
According to Lama Sharif, today392
citizens of the country study Islam in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and
other countries, many under the patronage of Tablighi Jamaat considered
banned and extremist in Kazakhstan. Security officials of Kazakhstan
found that of the 52 Zhambyl residents studying theology at the
universities of Pakistan, Malaysia and Bangladesh, 41 people were
members of the organization.
"This wave (of inspections) started
after a recent speech at the parliamentary hour of the chairman of the
Kazakhstan Agency for Religious Affairs Kairat Lam Sharif. He reported
to the parliament on the measures his department is taking to prevent
the activities of extremist organizations in the religious sphere. This
is the only thing I can think of to explain such a keen interest to the
activities of Muslim religious camps attended by Russian citizens on the
territory of Kazakhstan. So far there is no information on what is
going on in these camps, we have to wait for the results of the
investigation," Alexei Vlasov , a historian, political scientist, and
the Director of the Information and Analytical Center for the Study of
the post-Soviet space MSU-RSUH told Pravda.Ru.
It should be noted that there are many
Muslim recreational and educational camps for children in the Russian
Federation, not only in the Muslim republics, but in places like
Saratov, Tyumen, Izhevsk, Penza, Khabarovsk region, Moscow and the Altai
region. Why send Russian children to Kazakhstan? However, there are
questions to the Russian Muslim camps as well.
For example, URA agency, citing IA IslamNews Muslim,
reported that Muslim students in a training camp near Tyumen had
paramilitary training. The students worked with unarmed combat and
military training instructors, and studied the national traditions and
fundamentals of Islam. Head of the camp, Mufti Garifullin in 2010 called
on Moscow Muslims to pray in Orthodox churches. He is also the Regional
Mufti of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Asiatic Russia
(DUM). Meanwhile, Imam Ilkhom Merazhov was recently convicted for the
creation of a group of Nurdzhular in Omsk, an organization banned in
Russia. This is quite an alarming fact.
What are these camps training their
students for? Are the authorities aware of these activities?
Incidentally, more attention should be paid to the threat of
infiltration of extremist ideas into its structure. The experience of
other countries shows that extremist organizations are not working with
outcasts, but young people, providing them with support in their civil
service carrier, including in the security forces.
Lyuba Lulko
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