Some religious groups recognized as extremist in Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, December 11, Interfax – Several religious organizations have been barred from operating in Kyrgyzstan, a spokesman for the country’s National Security Committee told Interfax.

A court in the capital Bishkek recognized Jaishul Mahdi, Jund al Khilafah, Ansar Allah and Takfir wa al-Hijra as terrorist and extremist organizations and banned their work on Kyrgyz territory, the spokesman said.

The Kyrgyz authorities earlier outlawed the activities of seven terrorist organizations and one extremist group – Al Qaeda, the Taliban, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, the Kurdistan People’s Congress, the East Turkestan Liberation Organization, Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Islamic Jihad Union, and the Islamic Party of Turkestan (the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan).

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