Tills bara för några år sedan var den
uzbekiska islamismen helt okänd i Europa.
Union började inrikta sig på att värva och utbilda europeiska konvertiter vaknade
polis och medier. Det mediala genombrottet
i Waziristan. Samtidigt har Europa begåvats med
ett hastigt växande antal asylsökande uzbeker.
De ledande i den gruppen tycks vara ett antal
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utvecklingen bland exilgrupperna i Sverige:
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Uzbek state television has accused a
cleric based in Sweden of masterminding
a series of high-profile killings last year,
as well as a 2004 suicide bombing at the
US embassy.
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A documentary that aired Thursday night
said Obidkhon Nazarov, a once-popular
preacher in Uzbekistan who fled to neigh-
bouring Kazakhstan in the late 1990s, had
flown to Sweden with the help of "foreign
secret services" in 2005.
"Although Nazarov was wanted by Uzbek
law enforcement, including Interpol, he
could freely fly away from Almaty airport
with the help of invisible hands... and
found safe shelter in Sweden," the
documentary said.
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From Sweden "he is still trying to set up
his jihad group" that has planned terrorist
attacks in Uzbekistan, it said.
Nazarov was granted refugee status by
the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees in 2006 and in recent years
has been living openly in Sweden, where
he has criticised the Uzbek authorities.
The former imam of Tokhtoboy mosque
in the Uzbek capital Tashkent, Nazarov
has previously denied links to extremists
in Uzbekistan, a majority-Muslim former
Soviet republic in Central Asia.
In the attacks last June, a deputy director
of a religious school and a number of senior
anti-terror officials were killed.
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Interpols efterlysning av imam Nazarov
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Mera oroande är det att den demokratiska
uzbekiska nyhetsbyrån UzNews är lika
skeptisk mot de islamistiska imamernas
verksamhet i Sverige:
Mosques similar to that of Mamurjon-kori
are mushrooming up in Sweden.
Many Muslims in the towns like Kalmar,
Orebro, Hellefors and Stromsund are praying
in mosques headed by Uzbek imams.
Parishioners in these mosques include not
only Uzbek refugees but also Muslims from
other countries.
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In other words, Obid-kori’s business in
Sweden is just thriving. In addition to
disciples from Uzbekistan, his admirers
include Chechens, Dungans, Uighurs,
Afghans and others, who have highly
appreciated the Uzbek imam’s knowledge.
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