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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has urged people in the predominantly Muslim country not to wear beards or hijabs, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — After authorities in Tajikistan banned the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan in 2015, hundreds of Tajik opposition members have fled the country for the Middle East, Russia, and Europe, with Poland becoming an attractive place for Tajik political emigrants. Today, Tajikistan’s and Central Asia’s only Islamic party is consolidating in Europe to struggle against political repression in Tajikistan. We are republishing this article by Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — This week Tajikistan marked the 20th anniversary of the end of the country’s civil war between the government and Islamic opposition in the 1990s. During these 20 years, Tajik President Rahmon has banned the country’s Islamic Renaissance Party, practically eliminated any dissent, consolidated his grip on power, and built a cult of his personality. It is certainly not what the country expected 20 years ago. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The following article by Timur Toktonaliev, originally published by The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), explores the ways politicians are using religious discourse to appeal to the electorate in Kyrgyzstan, as the country is preparing for the presidential election scheduled for October 15, 2017: Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The foreign-based independent website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports that officers from the 22nd motor rifle division of the Turkmen armed forces have been accused of disseminating non-traditional Islam and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan have barred citizens under the age of 40 from performing this year's annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
