Tajikistan News News Tajikistan » Religion: Tajikistan's hijab ban latest in decades-long religious freedom violations
Experts acknowledge the country’s long-standing security issues but say the state uses them as a pretext for imposing excessive rules to control the population.
News Tajikistan » Religion: Why did Muslim-majority Tajikistan ban the hijab?
Tajikistan's government passed a law banning the hijab, the latest in a string of 35 wide-ranging religion-related acts, in a move described by the government as "protecting national cultural values" ...
News Tajikistan » Religion: Will Tajikistan Meaningfully Engage on Religious Freedom?
The visit of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief provides a unique opportunity for increased engagement and the potential for positive reform. The United Nations ...
News Tajikistan » Religion: Tajikistan Cracks Down On Unregistered Religious Schools
KHATLON, Tajikistan -- Twenty underground religious schools with a total of 189 students have been discovered over the past week in Tajikistan's southern Khatlon district alone, RFE/RL's Tajik Service ...
News Tajikistan » Religion: Tajikistan criticised over restrictive religion law
(Adds Rakhmon's brother-in-law) By Roman Kozhevnikov DUSHANBE, March 26 (Reuters) - Tajikistan, a Muslim nation bordering Afghanistan, introduced a new religion law on Thursday which the United States ...
News Tajikistan » Religion: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan Again Designated as Religious Freedom Violators, Granted Waivers
As the new year dawned, the U.S. State Department issued its annual “Countries of Particular Concern” designations, calling out a dozen countries for engaging in or tolerating particularly severe ...
News Tajikistan » Religion: Inside the wardrobe: Women’s clothing increasingly policed in Tajikistan
This article was written by Alva Omarova for Vlast.kz and published on September 11, 2024. An edited version is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. Many women in Tajikistan ...
News Tajikistan » Religion: Tajikistan criticised over restrictive religion law
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