Supreme Court banned the “Islamic State” – Moskovsky Komsomolets

Supreme Court banned the "Islamic State" – Moskovsky Komsomolets

It is also recognized as a terrorist group by the Syrian “Al-Nusra Front»

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The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized Islamist groups “Islamic State” and “Front Dzhabhat al-Nusra” terrorist organizations. The activities of these groups is officially banned in Russia.

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The lawsuit by the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation on the recognition of two operating in Syria and Iraq terrorist groups went to the Supreme Court in November. Court closed doors satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General – and activities of an “Islamic state” and “Al-Nusra Front” will be banned in Russia, notwithstanding that the group will be included in a special register, and any participation in them would entail the corresponding criminal liability.

Earlier in the list of organizations recognized by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation as terrorist activity is banned in Russia, includes such categories as “Caucasus Emirate”, “Supreme Military Shura Joint Forces Mujahideen of the Caucasus”, “Al-Qaeda” “Egyptian Islamic Jihad,” “Muslim Brotherhood”, “Hizb ut-Tahrir”, “The Taliban”, “Islamic Party of Turkestan” (former “Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan”), “Jund al-Sham” and others.

«Islamic State” today has a reputation as one of the main jihadist groups operating in Syria and Iraq. Until the summer of 2014 it was known as the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” (LIH), but then reduced to its name. This organization has managed in a short time to put yourself in the position of one of the key players in the Syrian civil war, and with the seizure of large areas in Iraq in the spring and summer of 2014 led to speak of himself as one of the most important regional and even global threats. The roots of the militant groups are in Iraq. Closely associated with the network “Al-Qaeda”, the group was previously known as “al-Qaeda in Iraq.” She made various Sunni insurgent groups (including the “Mujahedeen Shura”, “Jaish al-Fatihin”, “Jund al-Sahaba”, “Katbiyan Ansar al-Tawhid wal Sunnah”, “Jaish al-Taif Al-Mansour” “and others. ), who fought in Ira q against the occupation and government forces, as well as against Shiite militias. Tactics groups was not only in the application of conventional guerrilla warfare against the occupying forces, but also the implementation of bloody terrorist attacks involving suicide bombers and the use of car bombs against their own countrymen, including and against civilians. It is also widely practiced kidnapping extremists people (as Iraqis and foreigners alike), which was executed with the subsequent publication of videos atrocities against unarmed captives on the Internet. Throughout its existence the group has repeatedly changed its name. Introduced in early 2004, it was called “Monotheism and Jihad”, but after some time changed its name to “Organization of Jihad bases in Mesopotamia”, a being known as “al-Qaeda in Iraq.” Once in January 2006, merged the organization with a number of smaller groups, it became known as the “Mujahideen Shura Co uncil,” the fall of the same year was renamed the “Islamic State of Iraq.” The participation of this group of insurgents in the civil war in Syria is reflected in the change of name to “The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” (LIH) in April 2013. In Iraq, the centers of activity of the jihadist organization located mainly in the governorates of Al-Anbar, Ninawa, Kirkuk, Salah -ed-Din, partly in Babil, Diyala, Baghdad. In Syria, the areas of activity LIH become primarily the province of Ar-Raqqa, Idlib, Aleppo. The purpose of grouping proclaimed the establishment of the caliphate in Iraq and Syria – and in the future in other countries. Relationship between LIH and “Al Qaeda” look easy. On the one hand, the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” is often described as a group affiliated with “al-Qaeda”. On the other hand, in February 2014 the general command of the “al-Qaeda” released a state ment saying that the LIH is not a branch “of al-Qaeda.” Up to a point, “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” should rigid ideological line of “Al-Qaeda”, both terrorist groups were considered related to each other. However, due to attempts to “Islamic state” to subjugate the other groups, “Al-Nusra Front,” says the official Syrian wing “Al-Qaeda” between the organization al-Baghdadi and Ayman al-Zawahiri, there was discord.

Another militant group – “Al-Nusra Front” (Dzhabhat en-Nusra, or Dzhabhat en-Nusra li-Ahl al-Sham, “Front support of the people of the country Sham) – also genetically linked with LIH, and” Al-Qaeda “. This radical Islamist organization is considered one of the most influential, the most aggressive and effective groups involved in the Syrian conflict on the side of the rebels antiasadovskih. It is this group is responsible for a lot of explosions, organized suicide since the conflict began in Syria in 2011. On the creation of groups was announced in January 2012, when the “Front Nusra” issued his first public statement calling for an armed struggle against the government of Bashar al-Assad. Its appearance is due to the fact that members of the “Al-Qaeda in Iraq” have gone to Syria to join the “Al-Nusra Front.” They are considered the most trained and experienced fighters of the Syrian armed opp osition. The purpose of this extremist group is to overthrow the Assad regime in Syria and the creation of pan-Islamic state. Although representatives of the “Front” claimed as a priority overthrow Assad, and then the establishment of the State in which the only source of law is the Koran, at the same time work groups more focused on achieving success in fighting the war against the Assad government, rather than creating a parallel government structures in controlled areas (which succeeded “Islamic State».