03 June 2006
Russia Outlaws Two Islamic Groups
Russian Supreme Court has outlawed the Islamic Jihad and Jund-al-Sham groups as terrorist organizations, the RIA-Novosti news agency reports
At its Friday session the court upheld a request from the Prosecutor General’s office to put the Islamic Jihad Group (known in Russian as Jamaata Mojahedin) and Jund-al-Sham (Soldiers of the Levant) on the list of terrorist groups and to forbid them from operating in Russia.
The Supreme Court session was held behind closed doors with representatives from the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Federal Security Service giving testimony.
“These organizations have been outlawed in a number of countries. They pose a danger to Russia,” said Alexander Novokshchenov, a senior prosecutor, adding that they had carried out terrorist attacks in Chechnya, Uzbekistan, and Lebanon.
He said the ruling could be appealed within 10 days.
In 2003, the Supreme Court put 15 organizations, including al Qaeda and Hizb ut-Tahrir, on the list of terrorist groups and banned them from operating in Russia.
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