27 December 2007
For this year's haj pilgrimage, 5,000 people from Uzbekistan's have travelled to Mecca, government-sponsored news agencies have reported, the first... Read more
Topic: Uzbekistan
26 April 2004
As the number of Germans returning to their ethnic homeland slowly diminishes, there are signs that the Lutheran community in... Read more
13 April 2004
After March and April's terrorist bombings that left nearly 50 people dead - blamed by the government on Islamic extremists... Read more
20 July 2003
High Turkmen visa fees make it prohibitively expensive for many Uzbek Muslims living close to the western border with Turkmenistan... Read more
19 June 2003
Access to two more foreign-based websites that carry news on religious developments in Uzbekistan has been barred by the authorities. ... Read more
20 May 2003
After a major investigation, Forum 18 News Service established that the Muslim clergy is almost completely under the control of... Read more
07 April 2003
Six Muslims in the village of Katarzan in the Uzbek section of the Fergana valley, including the local imam, were... Read more
04 December 2002
An Uzbek court has handed a Jehovah’s Witness a three-year suspended sentence for "inciting religious hatred." Freedom of conscience advocates... Read more
06 November 2002
The criminal trial of a young Jehovah's Witness is being seen as the latest attempt by the authorities to crack... Read more
15 August 2002
A respected religious leader has warned that the government's crackdown on Islamic extremism will backfire, radicalising ordinary Muslims.
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