The “Forest Brothers” is a radical group that is planning the creation of a “Sharia state” in the Caucasus. This guerrilla group has been labeled as a sort of band of Caucasian “Robin Hoods.” For several years they have been destabilizing the situation in the Caucasus, committing terrorist attacks against police and civilians alike. The Forest Brothers group is purported to have been active in Daghestan, Chechnya, and other parts of Russia's North Caucasus and Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry said in 2008 that the group had ties to a militant group based in northern Azerbaijan. This group is not to be confused with the Forest Brothers who resisted the Soviet occupation after World War II.Presence in AzerbaijanAccording to Russian and Azerbaijani media reports during 2008, Ilgar Mollachiyev established a branch of the Dagestani "Forest Brothers" in Azerbaijan known as the Sumqayit jamaat and comprised of two jamaats, namely in Sumqayit and Quba/Qusar.…
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