Tajikistan: The fight on Islamic piety that fuels nihilist extremism
The Crocus City Hall massacre should make the Tajik government reconsider its restrictions on Islamic education. The opposite will happen.
The president of Tajikistan likes to wrap himself in the robes of Islam.
Literally, in some cases.
In January 2016, Emomali Rahmon performed a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, and took several members of his family along too. His office documented the event by releasing images of the leader covered only in the seamless white garment that must be wor…
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