lördag, maj 29, 2010

Uzbekisk imam i Sverige styr islamistisk terror ?

Tills bara för några år sedan var den
uzbekiska islamismen helt okänd i Europa.
Först när terrorgruppen Islamic Jihad
Union började inrikta sig på att värva och
utbilda europeiska konvertiter vaknade
polis och medier. Det mediala genombrottet
fick man genom Sauerlandgruppen i Tyskland.
Nu har IJU upprättat en hel koloni av konvertiter
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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