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: 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: 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: 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: 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, 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: U.S. Commission On Religious Freedom Concerned Over New Tajik Law
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has expressed concern over recently adopted amendments to Tajikistan's law on the regulation of traditions and ceremonies, ...
News Tajikistan » Religion: Tajikistan criticised over restrictive religion law
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