Comments on: “Independent” Investigation Findings

By: Dan Darling

Dan Darling — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:54:00 +0000

Yuldashev hasn’t been a member of HT since there was a hammer and sickle flying over Tashkent. Akramiyyah is an informal association of businessmen who follow Yuldashev’s philosophy that Muslim businessmen should pool their resources together for the common good, though there are some accounts they allow drug and alcohol use amongst their membership.

By: david_walther

david_walther — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 07:04:04 +0000

okay, thanks for filling in.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:02:45 +0000

Akram Yuldashev was apparently a member of HT way back. Word is he didn’t much care for their ideas and left to do his own thing.

By: david_walther

david_walther — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:46:43 +0000

Right, but Hizb-ut-Tahir is an actual organization. Akramiya, we have kind of established, is not. Is there some kind of official tie?

It makes perfect sense along the lines of Uzbek propoganda, since after all graffitti painting and potholes are also caused by Hizb-ut-tahir (they have such a catchy name, after all).

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:51:31 +0000

To the Uzbek government it always has been.

By: david_walther

david_walther — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:49:37 +0000

hey, help me here: am i missing something? akramiya just became a “branch” of hizb-ut-tahir? this just gets better and better.

is this not new?