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02.04.2007 11:47 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
Press Center of the Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Activists reports that seven women are facing trial in Tashkent on charges of Hizb-ut-Takhrir membership.
28.03.2007 10:50 msk Religious life Tajikistan
The Municipal Court of Hujand (Sogdi region of Tajikistan) sentenced a juvenile member of outlawed Hizb-ut-Takhrir to eight years behind the bars.
21.03.2007 10:40 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
Official Tashkent mobilized loyal ministers of religion and ulems [plural for alim, literally a knowledgeable man - Moslem theologian] to further Islam Karimov's policy. Religious leaders tour the country, meeting with the local authorities, law enforcement agencies, activists, and imams for the pur
14.03.2007 16:01 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
Early March dotted all I's and crossed all T's in a certain scandal. A group of Uzbek, small-time businessmen from the Russian city of Ivanovo, had been accused of involvement with "extremist religious Akramia" and participation in the events in Andijan in May 2005. Investigation lasted eighteen mon
22.02.2007 12:50 msk Kazakhstan Religious life
Members of Hizb-ut-Takhrir, a religious extremist organization outlawed in Kazakhstan, surrendered to the law enforcement agencies on two occasions last month. In both episodes, whole groups of Hizb-ut-Takhrir members did so in order to denounce ideological postulates of the party.
21.02.2007 12:10 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life
Administration of two secondary schools in the settlement of Kyzyljar (Jalalabad region of Kyrgyzstan) do not permit a group of girls to attend studies demanding that they take off the hijabs. The girls refuse to put up with the demand. Local authorities and the district directorate of public educat
21.02.2007 09:50 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
Detained in Samarkand, Kazakh pastor Rishat Garifulin spent 11 days in custody. Anna, the missionary's wife, phoned Novye Izvestia with details of the incident. Garifulin, pastor of the Protestant Church of The Grace, was arrested for bringing religious literature to Uzbekistan. A citizen of Kazakhs
15.01.2007 13:01 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life
Murataly Jumanov of the Moslem Religious Directorate told Osh-TV on January 14 that the 22 pilgrims from Kyrgyzstan killed in a traffic accident last week were proclaimed shahids. They will be interred in Saudi Arabia, Jumanov said.
30.11.2006 17:53 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
While official Tashkent is telling everyone within earshot how nobody in Uzbekistan encroaches on the believers' rights, local authorities in the southern part of the country impose restrictions on religious life. Some restrictions were imposed by Ahmajan Usmonov, Andijan Hokim or Governor for just
27.11.2006 11:02 msk Kyrgyzstan Religious life
Moslems from Osh, a city in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan, demand resignation the head of the Moslem Religious Directorate and the director of the State Agency for Confessions. The religious leader and the state official are blamed for discrimination of pilgrims, financial non-transparency, and pe
17.10.2006 22:38 msk Kazakhstan Religious life
TuranAlem, one of the three largest banks in Kazakhstan, is determined to become one the largest private banks in the Commonwealth by 2008. The bank expanded into Russia through procurement of the stock of its strategic partners, Volga-Kama Joint Stock Bank and Slavinvestbank. Gulnara Galjamova of T
13.09.2006 13:03 msk Religious life
Tahir Yuldashev A speech believed to have been made and recorded by Tahir Yuldashev, leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, was delivered to e-mail addresses of BBC, RL, VOA broadcasters and Ferghana.Ru news agency. Number One Terrorist in Central Asia made the speech on the fifth anniversary
11.09.2006 15:22 msk Religious life
Krishnaite communities in Uzbekistan are not numerous at all. Krishnaites number 150 people at best in the capital city of Tashkent. Fortunately for them, this community is officially registered by the Justice Ministry as a religious organization. This status permits Krishnaites in Tashkent to own a
30.08.2006 09:58 msk Religious life
Christian Megaportal in Uzbekistan reports with references to anonymous local sources that the police broke up a Evangelic Seminar in Termez and arrested everyone present.
21.08.2006 14:09 msk Religious life Tajikistan
One of the most prominent Tajik politicians who would have certainly affected the outcome of the presidential election come November, Said Abdullo Nuri died in Dushanbe on August 9. His followers were expecting it. Cancer in advanced stages had compelled Nuri to abandon active politics months ago. U
17.08.2006 08:06 msk Religious life
Kyrgyz Ombudsman Tursunbai Bakir uulu suspects that Muhammadrafik Kamalov, imam of the Qorasuv mosque, was assassinated.
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