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Swiss charge 3 Muslim leaders over Syria films

Switzerland's top prosecutor on Thursday (September 21st) indicted three leaders of a prominent Islamic group over their alleged production and distribution of extremist propaganda, AFP reported.

The suspects work with the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS) and include its president Nicolas Blancho and spokesman Qaasim Illi.

"The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleges that the accused committed offences under the Federal Act on the Proscription of al-Qaeda, the 'Islamic State of Iraq and Syria' (ISIS) and associated organisations," it said in a statement.

According to the OAG, the head of the council's "culture production department", Naim Cherni, travelled to Syria in 2015 and made films there with a known al-Qaeda leader.

The films, which prosecutors say amounted to jihadist propaganda, were "promoted via social media and at a public event" by Blancho, Illi and Cherni, the OAG said.

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