Topic: Tajikistan

Clinton warns Tajikistan on stoking radical Islam

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tajikistan on Saturday that efforts to crack down on religious freedom might backfire and increase sympathy for radical views that could threaten stability in the Central Asian country.Clinton, who met Tajik President ...

Tajikistan bans youth from mosques

Tajikistan on Wednesday banned all children and teenagers from worshipping in mosques as the volatile Central Asian republic pressed ahead with its battle against rising Islamic fundamentalism.President Emomali Rakhmon signed the measure into law after it was unanimously adopted by the upper ...

Mar 26, 2009

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