GSIPM

No. 46, 31 October 2011

Edited and Written by Gordon M. Hahn (unless otherwise indicated)

CONTENTS:

RUSSIA

* THE CE’S ETHNIC RUSSIAN MUJAHEDIN

* CE CONTINUES TO PROPAGATE THE AQ AND TALIBAN

* CE PAYS HOMAGE TO AWLAKI

* CE WEBSITE POSTS MAQDISI’S COMMENT ON CE MUJAHEDIN’S SALAFIST-JIHADIST CREDENTIALS

* CE-AFFILIATED WEBSITE’S DATA ON THE NUMBER OF CE ATTACKS AND RESULTING CASUALTIES FROM JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST 2011

* HOW MANY MUJAHEDIN ARE THERE IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS?

* NATIONALISM, ISLAMISM, AND JIHADISM IN THE VOLGA-URAL

* MEDVEDEV NOTES PRESENCE OF “EXTREMIST STRUCTURES” IN BASHKIRIYA

* RUSSIAN MUFTI ASHIROV REJECTS RUSSIAN COURT DECISIONS

* TATARSTAN’S CHIEF MUFTI CRITICISES RUSSIAN MUSLIM FILM FESTIVAL

CENTRAL ASIA by Yelena Altman

* KAZAKHSTAN JUDGE FIRED FOR EXTREMIST TIES

* FOUR SENTENCED FOR JIHADI ATTACKS IN KAZAKHSTAN

* THREE MEN SENTENCED IN UZBEK COURT FOR RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM

* BBC REPORTER CONVICTED IN TAJIKISTAN

* FOUR HIZB UT-TAHRIR ISLAMI MEMBERS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN TAJIKISTAN

* TWO WOMEN ARRESTED IN KYRGYSTAN FOR HIZB IT-TAHRIR ISLAMI INVOLVMENT

* KYRGYZSTAN ARRESTED ISLAMIC JIHAD UNION SUSPECTS

* KYRGYZSTAN EXTRADITES A RUSSIAN CITIZEN TO MOSCOW

* TAJIKISTAN DRUG SMUGGLERS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING

IIPER is written and edited by Dr. Gordon M. Hahn unless otherwise noted. Research assistance is provided by Yelena Altman, Sara Amstutz, Mark Archibald, Michelle Enriquez, Seth Gray, John Andrew Jones, Casey Mahoney, Anna Nevo, Daniel Painter, and Elizabeth Wolcott. IIPER accepts outside submissions.