NGO Salaf accused of encouraging terrorism
Salaf accused the government of pursuing a secularist agenda.
20 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
Religious conservative NGO Jamiyyathul Salaf encourages terrorism, a parliamentary committee concluded after studying a presidential commission’s report into the brutal murder of MP Afrasheem Ali in October 2012.
The moderate scholar was killed by a local extremist group affiliated with al-Qaeda that believed he was guilty of blasphemy as well as mocking Islam and declaring forbidden activities as permissible, the inquiry commission found.
The security services committee formed a three-member subcommittee on Tuesday to gather information in light of the presidential commission’s findings.
“It is the opinion of the committee that the report states that NGO Salaf encourages terrorism. I have learned that the subcommittee has recommended to the committee to take action against the association,” Speaker Mohamed Nasheed announced at the start of Wednesday’s sitting.
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