PREACHER OF MYSTICAL SECT FINED IN CHELIABINSK OBLAST
Woman conducted propaganda of the activity of Kazakh
religious
organization Ata Zholy.
Argumenty
i fakty, 17 May 2019
In Verkhneuralsk of Cheliabinsk oblast the prosecutor's
office along
with the FSB fined a local resident for violations in missionary
activity.
They were discovered during an examination within the
framework of
implementing the law on religious organizations and freedom of
conscience and
on combating extremism. The examination showed that from October
2017 to March 2019,
in a residence in Verkhneuralsk the woman preached the ideas and
religious
practices of the sect of Ata Zholy, which was forbidden on the
basis of [an
order] of the Cheliabinsk oblast court in April 2014.
"On the basis of an inspection, the prosecutor of the
district
opened a case regarding administrative law violation according
to part 4 of
article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Violations of Law of
the RF,
"Conducting missionary activity with violation of the
requirements of
legislation on freedom of conscience and freedom of religious
confessions and
on religious associations," and sentenced [her] to a fine," the
prosecutor's office of Cheliabinsk oblast reported.
The occult, mystical organization Ata Zhola was banned
in Kazakhstan in
2009, but it continued its activity on Russian territory. What
is known about
it is that its adherents recruit supporters by promising healing
from diseases
and disclosure of paranormal capabilities, for which they have
followers drink
grave water, and in exchange they request donations. If a person
refuses, all
manner of misfortunes and even death are predicted for him or
his loved ones.
(tr. by PDS, posted 21 May 2019)
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