DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan will install security cameras and metal detectors in all mosques in the country’s capital, Dushanbe,

BISHKEK (TCA) — Some lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan have proposed to force employers in the predominantly Muslim, but officially secular, country to

BISHKEK (TCA) — Some sixty journalists on April 22 completed a series of OSCE-supported training courses in Osh and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on

ASTANA (TCA) — Expressing a strong belief in the role of inter-parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s court has sentenced two leaders of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) to life imprisonment while other

ASTANA (TCA) — At the meeting of Kazakhstan’s Security Council last Friday, President Nursultan Nazarbayev described the June 5 attacks in the

BISHKEK (TCA) — More than 100 young leaders from 16 countries and 17 ethnicities came together in Bishkek from July 13-17 for Better

BISHKEK (TCA) — As implications of the attempted coup in Turkey remain on the agenda of the world media, we are publishing this article by

BISHKEK (TCA) — The EU Special Representative for Central Asia, Ambassador Peter Burian, completed his official visit to Kyrgyzstan, which lasted

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Chinese authorities have imposed 15 new restrictions, including banning burqas and veils, as well as "abnormal" beards, in

ASTANA (TCA) — At his meeting with Kazakhstan’s Spiritual Board of the Muslims on April 19, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke about

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan have barred citizens under the age of 40 from performing this year's annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca,

ASHGABAT (TCA) — The foreign-based independent website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports that officers from the 22nd motor rifle division of the

BISHKEK (TCA) — The following article by Timur Toktonaliev, originally published by ...

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has urged people in the predominantly Muslim country not to wear beards or hijabs, RFE/RL's

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan has set up a commission to promote clothing the government deems appropriate for citizens of the Central Asian

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Tajik state is becoming more authoritarian, with authorities laying down rules on many aspects of the people’s life which

ASTANA (TCA) — Minister of Religious Affairs and Civil Society Nurlan Yermekbayev at a press conference on August 28 commented on the situation

ASTANA (TCA) — As Islamist extremism and terrorism is becoming a serious challenge in Kazakhstan, threatening with cyberattacks, the government

BISHKEK (TCA) — Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it is appalled by Kyrgyzstan journalist Zulpukar Sapanov’s four-year jail sentence for