Despite the sneer quotes and skepticism about the jihad charges in this article, some telling details come through: Shavkat Makhmudov “performed a number of terrorist attacks in Tashkent and Tashkent province in 2009.” And “Makhmudov’s group is based on the teachings of Imam Obidjon Nazarov.”
How did an imam, a man who dedicated his life to understanding and teaching the Qur’an and Sunnah properly, come to misunderstand jihad so spectacularly as to think that it had something to do with terrorism? This is a question I have often asked, whenever an imam is involved in jihad terror activity — which is fairly frequently. Yet no establishment analyst seems to think this question worthy of consideration.
“Twenty ‘jihadists’ sentenced in Uzbekistan,” from Uznews.net, March 5:
The official Uzbek media is reporting the verdicts, ranging from three to thirteen years, received by a group of twenty “jihadists”. The information is assumed to have been leaked by the prosecutor general’s office.
“During the investigation it was ascertained that the group of extremists was created by Tulkin Nematov, a Tashkent province resident, who had established ties with a son of the leader of the group called Jihad, Abduvali Mirzaev,” states the prosecutor general’s representative.
“Kamoliddin Ortikbaev and Rifkhat Temirboev, without realizing it, had joined Tulkin Nematov’s group of religious extremists,” reads the statement.
In addition to them, the group consisted of other young men wishing to know more about Islam: Alisher Yusufbekov, Farkhod and Ikrom Salmatov, Ilkhom Nurmatov, Tokhir Umurboev, Askarali Urolov, Dilshod Yakhev, Azim Toshmatov, Dilmurod Rustamov, Sobir Khamraev, Abdukhamid Dadabov, Utkir Jumaniyazov, Ikromjon and Bakhrom Khoshimov, Akhbar and Makhammad Makhkamov, Ozod Tursunov, Gabdurafik Temirboev, Abajdulla Akhmedov, Khusanboj Yuldoshev, Karim Tulaganov, and others. None of the above-mentioned stood trial or was able to testify in court.
Uznews.net reported on the sentencing of another group of “Jihadists” – consisting of six individuals – in October 2013.
It should be noted that the Uzbek authorities have a very broad understanding of who exactly is a Jihadist. If at first the term referred to the members of the group created by terrorist Shavkat Makhmudov, who, indeed, performed a number of terrorist attacks in Tashkent and Tashkent province in 2009, later the term has been known to be applied to all the followers of the two most famous imams in the country.
Makhmudov’s group is based on the teachings of Imam Obidjon Nazarov, who received political asylum in Sweden and was seriously wounded by an assassin in 2012. The authorities refer to his followers as “Jihadists”.
The supporters of the Andijan imam Abduvali Mirzaev are another group considered to be “Jihadists” by the government.
jeffpresidentlo says
Jihadism certainly a big problem for Uzbeks considering they wood be on the SNAFU frontline once the US gets the hell of Af-stan.
Salah says
“..the group consisted of other young men wishing to know more about Islam..”
The best way to know about Islam is to know about the founder of Islam!
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/12/perfect-man-of-islam.html
veggiedog says
Here we go……
mortimer says
The imams ALL understand that jihad is expansionist and very cruel. They cauterize and salve their consciences until there is only scar tissue where there was once a human heart. The imams who cannot do this, leave Islam.
Unfortunately, when most imams realize how vicious Islam is, they merely tone down the message, lie about it, and continue to receive their salaries.
Shmuel says
lolz.
who is the idiot that said we are uneducated “Jews/Christians” because we learn things NOT IN THE MOSQUE and we learn stuff that are funded by non-Muslims.
ROFL.
A. Uneducated? The islamic world is one of the most stupid seocities on earth, and it’s not open for debate, it’s a fact. there are muslim countries that 75% of it citizens are analphabetic, like the monkey called “Mohammad the pedophile”.
B. A real research could be done whilonly if we use all kind of sources, from jews and christians as well. some1 who says you should get your information only from muslims is an idiot who’s afraid that his (un)holy Quran [=the mediterinian version of “Mein kampf”] is being even questined, because we’d finally find out that the Quran is deffenatly not GOD’S book.
C. Can we enter a Mosque and debate islam? give me a break, some1 who asks ‘too much’ will be stoned.
But these facts won’t even confuse a ‘radiacal’ Muslim. they are too stupid and U-N-E-D-U-C-A-T-E-D to get what we try to tell their ant-sized crazy minds.
John Stefan Obeda says
Some people ask, “Why do so many people reject Christ to be their Saviour from their sins?” The apostle Paul answers, “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.’ (Isaiah 29:11;
1 Corinthians 1).Therefore, it is as Jesus says, “For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” (Matthew 7)