Extremism in Kazakhstan is propagated from abroad - Prosecutor General's Office

17:11, 13 August 2009

ASTANA. August 13. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ For the purpose of ensuring public safety, preserving and strengthening unity of the Kazakhstan people Prosecutor General's Office takes measures on prevention of propaganda of the idea of extremism, including the facts of stirring up social and national hostility, blood feud and religious strives. Official spokesperson of the Prosecutor General's office Nurdaulet Suyundikov said it at a weekly briefing today.

It is known that propaganda of extremism is conducted through dissemination of various foreign information materials (brochures, issues, journals) in the territory of Kazakhstan.

In the first half of 2009 law-enforcement bodies of Kazakhstan withdrew 88 materials of extremist character. By the decision of Astana municipal court as of July 3, 2009, 207 information materials - books, brochures and leaflets - were recognized extremist ones, their importation and dissemination in the territory of Kazakhstan was prohibited. 157 information materials of Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami religious party, 22 materials propagating ideas of radical Wahhabism, 2 materials of religious political organization Association of Muslim Brethren were recognized extremist ones too.

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