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auto rallies in October and December. In 2013 Safi n was sentenced to
two years in prison, and Al-Ikhlas was closed. 39 The mosque still remains
closed, and there is no information on Safi n after his release. In 2017
eight members of organization, one of which was Azat Adiev an Honored
artist of the Republic of Tatarstan, were arrested. The court sentenced the
members of the banned organization to 145 years of the colony. 40
Jamaats and Terrorism in Tatarstan
Islamic Jamaat
The fi rst terrorist organization which appeared on the territory of Ta-
tarstan in 2001 was called “Islamic Jamaat.” The creation of the jamaat
was the initiative of Chechen commanders Khattab and Shamil Basayev,
and Ilham Gumerov, the graduate of the “Caucasus” diversionary center,
became the leader. The main goal of the jamaat was to create an Islamic
state. The main goal of the terrorist was the destabilization of Tatarstan. 41
For three years the members of armed organization have been able to
conspire their actions. Only in 2004 after a series of murders the terrorist
was found. The members were murdering people in the Borovets forest,
in the car burnt by terrorists, human bodies were found. Hafi z Razzakow
who was suspected in series of murders admitted that he was punishing
infi dels. In 2008, 17 members of terrorist organization including the lead-
er Ilham Gumerov were arrested and sentenced to prison. 42
Rybno-Slobodsky Jamaat
Terrorist organizations “Rybno-Slobodsky jamaat” was founded by
Albert Galiev in 2004. Galiev came up with the idea of creating a jamaat
during his trip to the Caucasus in the 2000s. The trip was organized by
Ilham Gumerov, the leader of “Islamic jamaat.” According to investiga-
tions, in Chechnya Galiev joint the terrorist group of Arab commander
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