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Kazakhstani extremist gets 8 years in prison

By Alexander Bogatik

URALSK, Kazakhstan -- The Uralsk municipal court sentenced extremist Abdukhalil Abdujabbarov, aka Sheikh Khalil, to eight years in prison, mgorod.kz reported Wednesday (August 16), quoting the court.

The court found him guilty of "arousing social, ethnic, clan, racial or religious hostility", in the words of judge Ruslan Jumagulov, according to the statement.

From 2003 to 2006, Abdujabbarov propagandised extremist views in Uralsk, Atyrau and Aktobe. He spent 2006 to 2017 in Saudi Arabia, where he operated a website containing audio files of his sermons.

Saudi Arabia extradited him in February.

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