İMKANDER released immediate action to the subject whose details are given herein. Calling for the meeting in front of Fatih Post Office, Istanbul on March 24, Friday at 13:30 p.m., to protest the torture experienced by 2 dissident Muslim brothers deported to Azerbaijan by force in this morning, as well as the drama of the refugees, MAZLUMDER, İMKANDER and Özgür-Der will sent telegram to Prime Minister.
İslam Ganiyev and Fuzuli Muharremov, Imams of Azerbaijan Sumkayıt Mosque were refouled to Azerbaijan after they sheltered to Turkey due to the pressures against their Islam identities.
The suffering history of İmam İslam Ganiyev and his spouse, Arina Starostenko, of Russian origin began upon Anita’s adoption of Islam. Excluded by her family and entourage in Moscow upon adoption Islam, Anita married İslam Ganiyev' and the couple relocated to Azerbaijan.
But the oppression due to their Islam identity didn’t come to an end. The ban on the headscarf in Azerbaijan and public interrogations in regard to the invitation and communiqué works in the mosque where Islam Ganiyev was assigned forced Ganiyev Family to relocate to Turkey.
The family was not left in peace also in Turkey due to unfounded intelligences of Azerbaijani police on Islam Ganiyev. Taken under custody on account of aid and abet on behalf of Al Kaida organization, the imprisonment wasn’t considered as necessary for Islam Ganiyev, however, he was “hosted” by Kumkapı Foreigners Branch.
Islam Ganiyev, together with Fuzuli Muharremov, his friend, were handcuffed and deported to Azerbaijan.
Letter by Mrs. A. Ganiyev, spouse of İslam Ganiyev to İMKANDER:
In the Name of Sparing ad Forgiving Allah...
Selamun Aleykum
My daughter is 6-month old and didn’t see her father for six months. Today, her father consoles himself by looking at the photograph of his daughter. This is a very difficult situation. My 4-year-old son pries and cries every day when he sees the father of his friends. Someday The Allah will accept by his prayers of may son. Only thing I request from those reading this letter is to help in solution of my problem. I make this request as one of your Muslim brother.
My spouse was acquitted by the court since 3 months, however, he is still kept at Kumkapı Foreigners Branch imprisoned. Why is he still imprisoned? On what crime is he imprisoned? The police busted at home on August 9 at 02:00 o’clock a.m. and imprisoned İslam Ganiyev. We awaken with the noise during the bust of the police at home. They intruded in by breaking our doors and windows. I saw my husband handcuffed when I rose up to get dressed. My husband begged the policemen to go out of our bedroom. My dressing was not suitable. Meanwhile, the children were crying due to the noise generated. That was adversely affected the physiologies of my children and hardly cured. I was in 38th week of my pregnancy and it was influential to my baby on my stomach and my labor pain was started. I request them to call the doctor, since I was in very bad condition, but they didn't take any notice of my request. They scatter everything around at took my spouse away.
He is in prison since 6 months without an evidence. I had to relocate with my children due to such event. But I’ve been in despair wherever I go on temporary basis forced to relocate systematically. I was unable to contact to anyone since I’m unable to speak other languages.
We decided with my husband to give birth it Turkey. That was just because the oppression we faced in Azerbaijan, the country we lived. We came to Turkey just because we were worn out by the tortures we faced since we are Muslims. All my relatives and friends turned their back to us since we adopted Islam. My registration to the University was deleted just because I was Muslim and I wore headscarf. They gave the stupid reason of the headscarf being against the image of the university.
My son was refused by the nursery due to our Islam identity. We were kept under custody upon uninterrupted ID and passport checking. These were also influenced my mental conditions. We’ve been under constant physiologic oppression. That was the same in Azerbaijan. The Muslims there are subjected the same physiologic and physical tortures. These tortures demolish their physical and mental integrity and endurance.
The Muslims in Moscow and Azerbaijan were killed by unidentified murders and lost under custody. I myself witnessed innumerable such events. This is why majority of Muslims conceal their identity/Muslimism. The women take off their headscarf.
That was why we came to Turkey. We decided to given our child birth here in Turkey. We thought that there was no oppression to the Muslims in Turkey and heard that they lived their religions freely. When we came, we didn’t feel to hide our identity. But soon we knew that the Muslims were not free and we was treated in Turkey just like it was in Russia and Azerbaijan. The detentions, oppressions and custodies without evidence were all the same. My husband was arrested 1 week before the date of my daughter’s birth. I was left all alone in a foreign country knowing anyone.
06.02.2012
Arina Starostenko
