Of the 20 convicted Muslims, 15 were accused of membership of the Tabligh Jamaat Muslim missionary group, which was banned by an Astana court in 2013.
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By Felix Corley | August 29, 2017
A court in Oral (Uralsk) in West Kazakhstan Region sentenced Sunni Muslim Imam Abdukhalil Abduzhabbarov on 16 August to eight years' imprisonment for sermons and talks he gave between 2004 and 2006. The prosecution claimed he incited religious hatred "with serious consequences", charges he denied.
Abduzhabbarov's conviction brings to 22 the number of individuals known to have been given criminal convictions so far in 2017. Of these, 20 were Sunni Muslims and 2 Jehovah's Witnesses. Of the 22 (all of them men), 20 received prison terms and 2 received restricted freedom sentences, where they live at home under restrictions.
Of the 20 convicted Muslims, 15 were accused of membership of the Tabligh Jamaat Muslim missionary group, which was banned by an Astana court in 2013.
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