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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan have released the names of five men they say carried out a July 29 attack that left four foreign cyclists dead and three injured, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan have accused the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan of being behind an attack that killed four foreign cyclists this week — a claim that sounds hardly credible and only shows Dushanbe’s resolve to hit another blow on its political opponent. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by Eurasianet: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The largest Islamic training institute in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is training religious staff with the correct political stance and excellent moral traits to uphold social stability and ethnic unity in the region that is home to a large Muslim community, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported with reference to an article published in the Global Times. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Tajik government has accused the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) of being behind an attack that killed four foreign cyclists, prompting a swift denial from the group, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — In recent years, authorities in Tajikistan have tightened the control of Islam and any Muslim activities in the country, under the pretext of combating Islamic extremism. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by Eurasianet: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, in partnership with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), is inviting interested investors to participate in opening a new full-fledged Islamic bank in Kyrgyzstan, the Investment Promotion and Protection Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic said on its website on July 24. Continue reading
