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Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Police Suspect Muslim Clerics of Terrorism

Weapons and leaflets allegedly belonging to Hizb ut-Tahrir were among the haul in this police raid, in March (RFE/RL)

Weapons and leaflets allegedly belonging to Hizb ut-Tahrir were among the haul in this police raid, in March (RFE/RL)

July 20, 2006 – A senior Kyrgyz official today said that some Islamic clerics are "secret agents of terrorist organizations."

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July 20, 2006


Osmonaly Guronov of the Interior Ministry said several clerics had been arrested in recent months for possessing explosives and firearms


The statement comes a day after the country's interior minister, Murat Sutalinov, said police would get additional defense technology and weapons to fight the banned Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir.


(AKIpress, Interfax)

 
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