Kyrgyzstan picks a fight with its most pious Muslims

There may be venal political factors at play here too, though. A religiously inspired political party is coming under mounting pressure

A meeting of religious officials and clerics summoned by President Sadyr Japarov.

The authorities in Kyrgyzstan are picking a fight with the country’s most pious Muslims.

They are keen to stress that it is not Islam itself they have in their crosshairs, however. 

Under proposed changes to the law put forward this week by the State Committee for Religious A…