Kyrgyz police detain women allegedly in banned Islamic group
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Publication Date | 24 February 2016 |
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February 24, 2016
By RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service
BISHKEK – Kyrgyz police have detained several women who allegedly are members of a banned Islamic group.
The southern Osh region's police department said 15 women were detained on February 24 in the Kara-Suu district on suspicion of being members of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
The committee said investigators found books containing possible extremist materials. The books were sent for theological and linguistic analysis.
Arrests of alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir and other banned Islamic groups have increased since the beginning of 2015 in Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyz authorities say Hizb ut-Tahrir plays a role in a strategy used by Al-Qaeda and Islamic State militants to radicalize youth and recruit them to fight in Syria and Iraq.
Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned across Central Asia and in Russia, says it is a peaceful group.
The stated goal of the international pan-Islamic political organization is to unite Muslim countries in global caliphate ruled by Shari'a law.
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