روسيا: المحكمة تؤيد قرار إغلاق المجلس الإسلامي

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أيدت المحكمة العليا القرار الصادر من وزارة العدل، الذي بموجبه أُجبر المجلس الإسلامي بالعاصمة الروسية "موسكو"، والذي ينتمي له قرابة 54 فرعًا ومكتبًا للشؤون الإسلامية بالبلاد – على إغلاق أبوابه في أعقاب الصراع السياسي ضد حقوق الأقلية المسلمة.

وقد أكد "عبدالواحد نيازوف" - مؤسس ورئيس مجلس المركز الإسلامي - أن القرار القضائي جاء في أعقاب رغبة بعض السياسيين في أن يمثل المسلمين من قبل نواب ضعاف الأداء.

وقد أكد "عبدالواحد" أنه سيلجأ للطعن في الحكم، واستئناف القضية أمام المحكمة الأوروبية لحقوق الإنسان بـ"ستراتسبورغ" وغيرها من المؤسسات. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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FSB Faulted as Islamic Center Closes

An influential Islamic organization with offices across the country has been forced to close, highlighting a political struggle over the country's millions-strong Muslim population.

Representatives of the Islamic Cultural Center and analysts said a Supreme Court ruling upholding the center's closure was politically charged.

"This is a bureaucratic order from people who want the Muslim part of society to be represented by puppets," the center's chairman and founder, Abdul-Wahid Niyazov, told The Moscow Times on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed a decision from the Justice Ministry last fall to close the center for "multiple violations of financial regulations," Interfax reported.

Among the objections mentioned by the court was that 21 of the center's 54 regional branches lacked proper legal documentation.

But Niyazov said the evidence presented by the Justice Ministry was obtained under pressure from the Federal Security Service. "Any member of our regional staff will testify that they were threatened and pressured," he said at a Supreme Court hearing Tuesday, Interfax reported.

He said many of the center's regional directors had resigned after receiving intimidating calls from the FSB.

Niyazov said Thursday that he would appeal the decision in every possible way, including with a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

He said he would also appeal to the All-Russia People's Front, the political vehicle set up by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin earlier this month. Putin is widely seen as the country's most powerful politician and in control of the security services.

The Islamic Cultural Center, whose work has been suspended since last fall, held exhibitions, news conferences and readings and hosted visiting Islamic dignitaries.

It describes itself as the "public arm" of the Council of Muftis, one of four organizations representing the country's Muslims.

Council spokeswoman Gulnur Gaziyeva said the center's work was directed at the well-being of the country's Muslims.

"We believe that we can correct the legal problems and re-register the organization," she said by telephone.