Banned Islamic Group Draws Female Members In Kyrgyzstan

RFERL.org - RADIO FREE EUROPE RADIO LIBERTY ^ | September 29, 2009 | By Farangis Najibullah

[Cindy]

SNIPPET: "A year after the events in Nookat shone a spotlight on the role of women in Hizb ut-Tahrir, a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) indicates that the Islamic organization might have thousands of women members in Kyrgyzstan.

In its recent report, "Women and Radicalization in Kyrgyzstan," the ICG states that Hizb ut-Tahrir "may have up to 8,000 members" in the country, "perhaps 800 to 2,000 of them women.""

SNIPPET: "Hizb ut-Tahrir first emerged in the region in the 1990s with the recruitment of members in Uzbekistan.

Today the movement is banned in all of the countries of Central Asia, whose governments deem Hizb ut-Tahrir a serious threat to security and the secular order.

In Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, officials have accused Hizb ut-Tahrir of being behind armed attacks. Those accused of membership can face lengthy prison sentences.

The group itself admits that the creation of an Islamic caliphate is among its ultimate goals, but officially rejects the use of violence.

In Kyrgyzstan, the banned group was widely believed to be active mostly in the country's more religiously conservative southern provinces."

SNIPPET: ""Hizb ut-Tahrir [seeks to establish] a caliphate and it says that under the caliphate there would be no borders, customs, and corrupt police officers in Central Asia,” Kabiri said."

[Cindy]

Speaking of Kyrgyzstan...

Quote:

http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/001673.html

October 19, 2009

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Interfax, 12 Oct 2009

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Posted on 19 October 2009 @ 01:29 GMT