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Saba Yemen
14-02-2025
- Saba Yemen
Iraqi authorities arrest ten suspects from extremist group Al-Qurban in Maysan
Baghdad - Saba: Iraqi security forces arrested on Friday ten suspects from the extremist group Al-Qurban in Maysan province. "In a pre-emptive operation, National Security Agency (NSA) detachments in Maysan province managed to foil a suicide plot and arrest ten people belonging to the extremist al-Qurban group, which practices dangerous rituals that include choosing one of its members by lot to end his life by hanging as a kind of alleged sacrifice," the Iraqi news agency Wa'a quoted the NSA as saying in a statement. The statement added: "The operation came after receiving accurate intelligence information about the group's intention to carry out its extremist rituals, as the lot fell on a person named "A.S." who was scheduled to hang himself within the next three days." He continued: "After obtaining judicial approvals, our detachments moved and managed to arrest the target in a café in the province center, and during interrogations, the accused confessed to belonging to Al-Qurban group and revealed details of its activities and the names of those involved in them, which enabled our detachments to expand their operations and arrest nine other accused members of the extremist group." "All the accused were referred to the competent judicial authorities to take the necessary measures against them in accordance with the law," he said. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Shafaq News
14-02-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
10 Al-Qurban members arrested in Maysan
Shafaq News / Iraqi security forces arrested 10 members of the 'Al-Qurban' group in Maysan province and prevented a planned suicide ritual, the National Security Service reported on Friday. 'The arrests followed intelligence that a member of the group had been chosen by lottery to hang himself within three days as part of the sect's practices,' the Service said in statement. 'Security forces detained the individual, identified as A.S., at a café in central Maysan before he could carry out the act.' The Service noted that 'the detainee confessed his ties to the sect and disclosed the identities of other members, leading to the arrest of nine more individuals,' pointing out that all have been referred to the relevant authorities for legal action. Earlier this week, the Iraqi Interior Ministry revealed that Iraqi police arrested a suspect belonging to the 'Al-Qurban' group in Wasit province, for overseeing a lottery-based suicide sect. The Al-Qurban sect, also known as the 'Allahiyah,' is a controversial and clandestine religious group that has attracted attention in Iraq, especially in the southern governorate of Dhi Qar. This sect advocates unconventional beliefs and practices, including self-sacrifice or "offering oneself" in religious ceremonies. The extremist group was founded during the tenure of the late religious leader Mohammed Mohammed Sadiq Al-Sadr, who distanced himself from the sect. Additionally, the group is not recognized by any mainstream Muslim sect. The group's practices first made headlines in 2023 after an apparent case of linked suicides. The Alahiya movement again raised concerns in May 2024 when several of its followers in Dhi Qar, including a 15-year-old boy, were reportedly found dead in acts of apparent ritual suicide. In July 2024, Iraqi security forces arrested 39 members of the sect in the provinces of Wasit, Basra, Muthanna, and Diwaniyah after they engaged in extreme rituals, including attempted suicides.
