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18.02.2009 10:21 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
According to Newsuz.com, Uzbek language website, several people were arrested and sentenced to imprisonment for the terms from 6 to 6.5 years in Uzbekistan , convicted for the affiliation to the “Nur” religious movement (“Beam”).
16.02.2009 12:02 msk Central Asia Religious life
On February 3, the General Prosecutor Office in Kyrgyzstan directed a lawsuit file to Pervomayskiy district court of Bishkek, claiming to recognize “Tablighi Jamaat” international religious organization as terrorist and extremist movement.
21.12.2007 11:42 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life
Moslems in Kyrgyzstan celebrated Kurban Bairam on December 19. As it turns out, however, the authorities dispersed the celebration in Osh and had 48 men detained. Initiators of the celebration claim that the faithful were manhandled by the police.
23.11.2007 09:45 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life
Dilmurat hadji Orozov, Islamic Education Center Director, is convinced that religious matters in Kyrgyzstan are handled by illiterate and corrupt people and that this state of affairs compromises purity of Islam and even national security. Orozov ran the Moslem Religious Administration of the Jalala
02.11.2007 13:48 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life
Jamal Frontbek kyzy, leader of the Jyman Bakut Koomu community trust, claims that the growing interest in Islam compels Moslem women in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan to aspire for establishment of non-governmental organizations of their own.
22.10.2007 08:56 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
Uzbek secret services remain inordinately suspicious of the faithful. Loudly promoting guarantees of the freedom of conscience, the Uzbek authorities keep tabs on mosques and practically every believer.
12.10.2007 19:12 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life
On October 12, Osh municipal authorities turned down the request from Hizb-ut-Takhrir (an outlawed organization in the first place) to organize a public celebration of Hait, the Break Fast that marks the end of the sacred Ramadan.
22.09.2007 14:11 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life
Disputes over the hijab, traditional Moslem headgear, continue to torment Kyrgyz schools. They inevitably become outright heated with the onset of every school year. This time, however, the ban to wear the hijab at schools will apparently become official (principals ascribe it to the new school char
27.08.2007 10:44 msk Religious life Turkmenistan
Speaking on Turkmen television on August 13, ex-mufti Nasrullah ibn Ibadullah released from imprisonment only recently said he had been offered a job with the presidential Council for Religious Affairs. Ibn Ibadullah had been its assistant chairman in 2002 and 2003.
06.08.2007 11:45 msk Religious life
The Islamic Cooperation Organization of Central Asia (Organization) released a statement on August 6 condemning the idea to bomb Mecca and Medina in response to nuclear terrorist acts against the United States suggested by Representative Tom Tankredo, candidate for US president.
01.08.2007 09:10 msk Religious life Tajikistan
Tajik lawmakers will consider amendments to the law "On freedom of conscience, religious associations, and other organizations" in a couple of weeks. The amendments will restrict religious freedom.
23.07.2007 12:22 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
Reconstruction of Tashkent streets and squares for the Independence Day celebration on the national leader's initiative is a tradition in Uzbekistan. Central part of the capital around Chor Su marketplace and Eski Juva square was reconstructed in 2005. President Islam Karimov ordered the National Ga
13.07.2007 13:05 msk Religious life Tajikistan
BBC reported the lawsuit filed by Davlatimo Ismailova against the Tajik Ministry of Education and her college administration dismissed. Administration of the Foreign Languages College in Dushanbe does not permit Ismailova to wear hijab, the traditional Moslem scarf.
09.06.2007 12:32 msk Kazakhstan Religious life
Followers of non-traditional confessions in Kazakhstan worry that the authorities are about to put them under an even greater pressure this year. As far as official Astana is concerned, everyone who does not belong to the Kazakh Religious Administration of Moslems is non-traditional, and that even a
22.05.2007 19:50 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life
The forthcoming recess will make students' parents happy. They will be able to forget about the so called religious issue that has been the talk of the day (and subject of heated debates) at secondary schools in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan. Officials of the central government accuse of students'
04.04.2007 22:04 msk Religious life
New Religious Movements (NRMs) are peculiar social phenomena. It is very easy to become confused when trying to attribute that phenomenon to one or another field of science: sociology, history, theology or political science. Actually, it is a cross-disciplinary issue, which allows one to use analyti
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