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| '''Radical Islamism in Azerbaijan''' is raising stronghold of ] across the country as a result of | |||
| continued problems like ], poverty, and semi-authoritarian government combined with disillusionment with the ] and support of ]s from different countries.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> | |||
| ==Wahhabists== | |||
| Today ] congregation, particularly the radical part of ]s, are considered one of the dangerous radical Islamic groups in ].<ref></ref> Before the November 6, 2005 elections Rafik Aliyev, chairman of the Azerbaijani government's Committee for Work with Religious Formations, warned that the increased activity of "Wahhabis," poses a threat to political stability in Azerbaijan.<ref></ref> In October, 2007 the Azerbaijani government reported it thwarted a Wahhabi radical Islamic group’s plot to conduct a “large-scale, horrifying terror attack” against US and British diplomatic missions and government buildings. According to the Azerbaijani National Security Ministry, one suspect was killed and several others were detained in a weekend sweep in village outside the capital.<ref></ref> The ] closed US embassy in Baku for a period, as well as the UK embassy in Azerbaijan also suspended services due to what it called "local security concerns".<ref></ref> | |||
| The Islamic group included an army lieutenant who stole 20 hand grenades, a machine gun, assault rifles and other military ammunition from his army unit for the planned attack.<ref></ref> | |||
| According to Imam Ilgar Ibrahimoglu "it is no secret to anyone that radical Wahhabi groups have been active in Azerbaijan for several years," and that there is no indication of a weakening of that trend because of the lack of democracy, frequent ], and the authorities' repression of less radical but unregistered religious communities.<ref></ref> Sheikh ul Islam Pasha-zade also was quoted as openly branding the congregation of the Abu-Bakr mosque as "Wahhabis" and as implicitly criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities for failing to crack down on them.<ref></ref> | |||
| An ] took place on ], 2008 when a man or men threw a grenade through a window of the Abu Bakr (Abu-Bekir) mosque, used both by Sunni and Wahhabi Muslims, during the evening prayer.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Three people were killed and 13 injured. | |||
| ===Al-Qaeda=== | |||
| In 1998 after the attacks on the U.S. embassies in ] and ], as as result of the fax that was sent from ], the level of activity of Al-Qaeda in the country was discovered.<ref>U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, “US Vs. Usama Bin Laden” in Politicization of Islam in Azerbaijan, 2 May 2001, p. 5440</ref>. Following to this members of the ] close to Al-Qaeda movement were arrested in Azerbaijan and extradicated to ]. An Al-Qaeda operative, Abu Atiya, was arrested in Baku and turned over to the CIA.<ref>David S. Cloud, “Long In US Sights, A Young Terrorist Builds Grim Resume On Journey to Iraq, Zarqawi Forged Ties With Al-Qaeda, Attracted Own Followers; An Amputation in Baghdad”, The Wall Street Journal, 10 February 2004</ref> The arrests came after security forces engaged in a search for more than a month, that finally led them to a safe house in ], where the militants were arrested.<ref></ref> | |||
| ], the head of a ] in ],<ref>http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews=4587 The Two Faces of Salafism in Azerbaijan. Terrorism Focus Volume: 4 Issue: 40, December 7, 2007, By: Anar Valiyev</ref>, received special training at ]-connected training camps of ] and was taught how to make and use ]s and organize mass killings of people in public places, and was also assigned to recruit young girls with extremist religious views to become suicide bombers in Azerbaijan. Iskenderov’s group prepared a statement on behalf of al-Qaeda in the ], threatening the Azerbaijani government with bombings in ].<ref>http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews=4587 The Two Faces of Salafism in Azerbaijan. Terrorism Focus Volume: 4 Issue: 40, December 7, 2007, By: Anar Valiyev</ref> Currently Iskanderov and his group are prisoned. | |||
| ==Nur sect== | |||
| Influence of ] in shaping Islam in post-Soviet Azerbaijan was due to a combination of popular | |||
| Islam and Turkic nationalism promoted by the Turkish extremist religious sect, ] (Light).<ref></ref> | |||
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