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Sunday, 03 October 2004
SUSPECTED UNDERGROUND ISLAMISTS ROUNDED UP IN NIZHNII NOVGOROD
By empty (10/3/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The FSB directorate in Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast arrested 11 alleged members of a local underground cell of the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir party organization. The FSB reportedly confiscated at least one weapon and literature calling \"for the overthrow of non-Islamic governments and the establishment of a global Islamic caliphate.\" Those arrested include foreign nationals, the report said, one of whom is an Uzbek citizen.
The FSB directorate in Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast arrested 11 alleged members of a local underground cell of the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir party organization. The FSB reportedly confiscated at least one weapon and literature calling \"for the overthrow of non-Islamic governments and the establishment of a global Islamic caliphate.\" Those arrested include foreign nationals, the report said, one of whom is an Uzbek citizen. The Supreme Court in February labeled Hizb ut-Tahrir a \"terrorist organization\" and banned its activities in Russia. (ITAR-TASS)