Bulgarien griper salafistisk imam för shariapropaganda

Bulgariska polisen har gripit en

salafistisk terrorgrupp på 13

personer, som under ledning

av imam Said Mutlu arbetat
mot Bulgariens demokratiska
statsskick för att istället införa
sharia, berättar Sofia Globe.

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"Following a joint operation in 2010 by Bulgaria’s

Interior Ministry and the State Agency for National

Security, 13 alleged members of radical Islamist

organised Al Waqf al Islam have been charged

with preaching Salafism and the imposition of

Sharia law, it emerged on June 18 2012.

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Prosecutors said that the group had propagated

an ideology that was “anti-democratic, expressed

in opposition to the principles of democracy,

separation of powers, liberalism, a rule-of-law

state, basic human rights such as gender equality

and religious freedom”.

The group allegedly spread their message during

Friday prayers in mosques, and through lectures,

sermons and meetings in cafes.

During the operation, literature in Arabic was seized,

along with financial documents, cash and computers.

If found guilty, the alleged leader, imam Said Mutlu,

could face up to 12 years in jail. Other members of

the group could be sentenced to up to 10 years in jail."