Uzbek Youth Taught to Distinguish Islam from Extremism

Uzbek youth are taught to distinguish Islam from extremism Ubaidullo Babadjanov For Central Asia on the Internet 2011-04-06 Uzbek police officer is suspected terrorists in the courtroom in Tashkent in June 2006. Uzbek officials say that authorities should not only arrest the suspects, but also explain the difference between Islam and extremism. [REUTERS / MF [...]

Shutting Down Religious Bookstores

Uzbeks Shut Religious Bookstores Friday, 01 April 2011 21:30 RFE/RL TASHKENT — Uzbek security services have closed down bookstores specializing in religious literature in Tashkent, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reports. Twenty bookstores in the Kitoblar dunyosi (World of Books) book trading center have been raided by Uzbek National Security Service (NSS) agents, police, tax officers, and [...]

Hizb Member Arrested

Uzbekistan Jails Hizb Ut-Tahrir Member March 15, 2007   (RFE/RL) March 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) — A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced an Uzbek man to 5 1/2 years in prison after convicting him of belonging to the banned Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir group, RFE/RL Uzbek Service reported. Rustam Muminov was deported to Uzbekistan from Russia last October. [...]

What’s Next For Uzbek Terror Groups?

The Rise and Fall of the Islamic Jihad Union: What Next for Uzbek Terror Networks? Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 14 April 9, 2010 05:44 PM Age: 274 days Category: Terrorism Monitor, Global Terrorism Analysis, Home Page, Terrorism, Uzbekistan , Central Asia, South Asia By: Cerwyn Moore Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) On March 4, [...]

US Expanding Security Coop With Uzbekistan

The U.S. plans to expand security cooperation with Central Asia, U.S. diplomats say, according to The Bug Pit blog last week. That means they will increase the capacity of the Northern Distribution Network (NDN), the system to deliver non-lethal military cargo for U.S. and NATO forces through Central Asia to Afghanistan. The U.S. now ships [...]

Uzbeks Convicted of Extremism

Uzbeks convicted of extremism By Stan Rogers 2010-12-29 TASHKENT/SARATOV, Russia — An Uzbek court has sentenced a number of people to prison terms of three to 13 years for extremism, website 12.uz reported December 28, citing the Uzbek newspaper Toshkent Khakikati. The convicted Dzhikhadisty members had returned from Russia. The court convicted them of circulating [...]

IMU In Northern Afghan Provinces

IMU Takes Root In Increasingly Insecure Northern Afghan Provinces Submitted by k_kumkova on December 8, 2010 – 3:43pm Abubakar Siddique [1] Afghanistan [2] Tajikistan [3] Turkmenistan [4] Uzbekistan [5] Islamic Extremism [6] Copyright show: Hide copyrights A EurasiaNet Partner Post from: RFE/RL [7] December 8, 2010 – 3:33pm Afghan and international forces missed their mark [...]