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Tajikistan Shaves 13,000 Beards In 'radicalism' Battle by watchindelta(m): 9:14pm On Jan 21, 2016 |
Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000
men's beards and closed more than 160 shops
selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as
part of the country's fight against what it calls
"foreign" influences.
Bahrom Sharifzoda, the head of the south-west
Khathlon region's police, said at a press
conference on Wednesday that the law
enforcement services convinced more than 1,700
women and girls to stop wearing headscarves in
the Muslim-majority Central Asian country.
The move is seen as part of efforts to battle what
authorities deem "radicalism".
Tajikistan's secular leadership has long sought to
prevent a spillover of what it sees as unwelcome
traditions from neighbouring Afghanistan.
Last week, the country's parliament voted to ban
Arabic-sounding "foreign" names as well as
marriages between first cousins.
The legislation is expected to be approved by
President Emomali Rahmon, who has taken steps
to promote secularism and discourage beliefs and
practices that he sees as foreign or a threat to
stability of Tajikistan, Radio Liberty
In September, Tajikistan's Supreme Court banned
the country's only registered Islamic political
party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan.
Rahmon has ruled Tajikistan since 1994 and his
current presidential term is expected to end in
2020.
In December, the parliament granted the president
and his family life-long immunity from
prosecution, giving Rahmon the title "Leader of
the nation" and officially designating him "the
founder of peace and national unity of Tajikistan".
The country of 7.1 million people has struggled
with poverty and instability since independence
from the Soviet Union more than two decades
ago. It remains heavily dependent on Russia
where majority of Tajik people go for work.
According to unofficial estimates, there are more
than 2,000 Tajiks fighting in Syria. |
Re: Tajikistan Shaves 13,000 Beards In 'radicalism' Battle by watchindelta(m): 9:15pm On Jan 21, 2016 |
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Re: Tajikistan Shaves 13,000 Beards In 'radicalism' Battle by Pidggin(f): 9:43pm On Jan 21, 2016 |
Wetin consign us wit dis news? |
Re: Tajikistan Shaves 13,000 Beards In 'radicalism' Battle by donjon: 1:17pm On Jan 22, 2016 |
swerve! if e no concern u! DAT is an example of a country taking viable steps to curb extremism! |
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