Despite the sneer quotes and skepticism about the jihad charges in this article, some telling details come through: Shavkat Makhmudov “performed a number of terrorist attacks in Tashkent and Tashkent province in 2009.” And “Makhmudov’s group is based on the teachings of Imam Obidjon Nazarov.” How did an imam, a man who dedicated his life […]
Idaho: Muslim charged with aiding jihad group plan jihad mass murder attack in Uzbekistan
He’s an “Idaho man,” AP tells us, as if the reason why he plotted these jihad terror attacks was to protect the potato industry. “Idaho man pleads not guilty in alleged Uzbekistan terror plot,” from the Associated Press, May 17 (thanks to Darcy): BOISE, Idaho “” An Uzbekistan national living in Boise said little during […]
#MyJihad in France: Nine Muslims convicted of collecting funds for Uzbek group dedicated to getting the kids to school
That’s what Hamas-linked CAIR’s Ahmed Rehab says jihad is, after all: “Jihad for us is daily struggle, it is going to school, whatever it is people go through.” Yet somehow this “Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan” got the crazy and totally unfounded notion that jihad had something to do with al-Qaeda. They must have gotten hold […]
Uzbekistan: Muslim police beat, fine Christian family for proselytizing
This appears to be an attempt at legal strongarming, a la Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. But it is interesting to note that Christian missionary activity can get one arrested and fined in “secular” Uzbekistan. Islamic Tolerance Alert: “Christian family converted to Islam, beaten, tried in Tashkent,” from Uznews.net, August 12 (thanks to Filip): Orthodox Christian Natalya […]
Uzbekistan cracks down on jihad groups home Bible studies
Priorities. “Uzbekistan: An ‘unsanctioned meeting in a private home’ – with a bomb?,” by Mushfig Bayram for Forum 18 News Service, May 9 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Uzbekistan has continued to punish people exercising the right to freedom of religion or belief without state permission, Forum 18 News Service notes. Between February and […]
Philadelphia: Feds arrest Uzbekistan native on charges of funding Islamic Jihad Union
Another arrest, in an update on this story. “FBI: Port Richmond man funded terror group,” from WPVI, March 15: PHILADELPHIA – March 15, 2012 (WPVI) — Federal authorities have arrested a Port Richmond resident and charged him with providing material support and resources to a terrorist organization based in Uzbekistan. Bakhtiyor Jumaev, 45, of the […]
US, UN helped Muslim now accused of aiding jihad terror move to Colorado
No doubt it never entered their mind that he was anything but a “moderate.” An update on this story. “US, UN Helped Colo. Man Now Accused of Terrorism,” from the Associated Press, January 31 (thanks to Kenneth): A man from Uzbekistan that the United States and the United Nations helped relocate to Colorado now faces […]
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan boasts of pious Muslims, Qur’an memorizers among its jihad terror “martyrs”
How did all these madrassa students and memorizers of the Qur’an misunderstand Islam so spectacularly as to think that jihad had something to do with a hot war against infidels? “An Uzbek struggle in name only,” by J Z Adams for Asia Times, January 25: The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in November released on […]
Mufti of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan misunderstands Islam, calls on Pakistanis in mosques and madrassas to wage jihad against government
Abu Zar, who has dedicated his life to the study of Islam, somehow succumbs to Islamophobia misrepresentations of his peaceful religion, and calls on Pakistanis in mosques and madrassas not to wage interior spiritual jihad, but armed jihad against the Pakistani government. How very strange. How did greasy Islamophobes get so much influence over Abu […]
Jihadis enraged at Zionist/Crusader occupation of Uzbekistan, plotting attacks on U.S. interests there
This story vividly illustrates the bankruptcy of the common claim that jihadis are simply reacting to provocations from the U.S., Israel, or other Western entities. If that were so, there would be no reason whatsoever for jihad activity in Uzbekistan. “US Issues Uzbekistan Travel Warning,” from VOA News, April 26: The U.S. State Department has […]