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November 28, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-bulgaria-security-idUSKCN0JA1Q120141126

Bulgaria Charges Radical Imam, Six Others with Supporting Islamic State

(Reuters) Angel Krasimirov - A Bulgarian imam and six others detained earlier this week have been charged with supporting the ultra-radical militant group Islamic State, Bulgarian prosecutors said on Wednesday. Charges against Muslim prayer leader Ahmed Mussa, five men and one woman include propagating an anti-democratic ideology and incitement to war, both verbally and with videos and images, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Borislav Sarafov said. Investigators discovered a large number of shirts, hats, flags and banners with the logo of the Islamic State. Mussa preached surrounded by Islamic State flags. Muslims in Bulgaria are a centuries-old community, mostly ethnic Turkish descendants of Ottoman rule that ended in 1878. They make up 12% of the 7.3 million population.

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