Tag: Tajikistan
Tajikistan Bans Women From Wearing Islamic Veils
Tajikistan legislators have introduced a bill requiring women to “stick to traditional national clothes and culture,” and the move has sparked controversy with some who [more…]
IS Suicide Bombers, Tajikistan’s Deadly Export
State suppression of unofficial Islam, the humiliation of having to work as migrant laborers abroad, and a former special-forces commander flipping to the Islamic State [more…]
Asia: Third Muslim Country Bans Christmas
Now trending in Muslim countries — while they admonish and scold us about islamofauxbia, ‘interfaith dialogue’ and religious tolerance. Brunei, Somalia and now Tajikistan…. pray [more…]
The Tajik “False Prophet” Sent to Jail for 16 years
A 65-year-old man called Saidmahdikhon Sattorov but known throughout Tajikistan as Sheikh Temur was sentenced to 16 years in jail earlier this week for ‘illegal [more…]
Tajik Authorities Hunt the Hijab and Battle the Beard
Practicing Islam is becoming harder in Tajikistan, a majority Muslim post-Soviet state whose leadership is increasingly uncomfortable with the new “non-traditional” face of the religion [more…]
Central Asian Migrants in Russia Are Humiliating Their ‘Dishonorable’ Countrywomen on Video
“Why do you sell it [sex]?” “Please, don’t do that…. I have a two-year old son…. I swear on the Quran, I will leave this [more…]
Yingluck Shinawatra visits Tajikistan and Pakistan to promote cooperation
BANGKOK, 19 August 2013 (NNT) – Thai Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived in Tajikistan’s capital of Dushanbe on Monday to attend the [more…]
Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra to visit Tajikistan, Pakistan to foster relationship
BANGKOK, Aug 16 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will visit Tajikistan and Pakistan during August 19-21 to enhance investment cooperation and attend a world forum [more…]