The closure of a number of mosques has led to speculation of an imminent government campaign against the Islamic opposition. IWPR – 18 September 2002 – The Tajik authorities have closed eight mosques close to the Uzbek and Kyrgyz borders in an unprecedented crackdown on Islamic clerics and teachers who practice without state approval. Fifteen imam-khatibs […]
This article was first published on 18 September 2002 (RCA No. 147) by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), London. Posted on Religioscope with permission.
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