http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/tajikistan-joins-%e2%80%9cworld%e2%80%99s-worst-religious-freedom-violators%e2%80%9d%e2%80%94us-report/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/tajikistan-joins-%e2%80%9cworld%e2%80%99s-worst-religious-freedom-violators%e2%80%9d%e2%80%94us-report/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:36:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129187 EurasiaNet.org: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), funded by Congress, has censured Tajikistan for “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of freedom of religion or belief,” naming the country one of it’s “countries of particular concern.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/tajikistan-joins-%e2%80%9cworld%e2%80%99s-worst-religious-freedom-violators%e2%80%9d%e2%80%94us-report/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/in-tajikistan-islam%e2%80%99s-rise-worries-government/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/in-tajikistan-islam%e2%80%99s-rise-worries-government/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:47:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108346 NYTimes.com: Islam is blossoming in Tajikistan. Beards are in style. Headscarves, too. Bazaars are doing a booming trade in prayer rugs, religious audio recordings and gaudy clocks featuring Muslim holy sites. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/in-tajikistan-islam%e2%80%99s-rise-worries-government/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/uscirf-8-nations-including-russia-failing-religious-liberty-pledge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/uscirf-8-nations-including-russia-failing-religious-liberty-pledge/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:05:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78076 reports at Baptist Press: "Several countries in the Organization for Security and Co-operation have violated religious liberty commitments set forth by the organization, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/22/uscirf-8-nations-including-russia-failing-religious-liberty-pledge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/21/islamists-kill-at-least-23-soldiers-in-tajikistan-ambush/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/21/islamists-kill-at-least-23-soldiers-in-tajikistan-ambush/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:12:50 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73042 Associated Press: "Heavily armed Islamic militants ambushed a military convoy in eastern Tajikistan, killing at least 23 soldiers and dealing a severe blow to this impoverished nation on Afghanistan's poorly secured northern border." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/21/islamists-kill-at-least-23-soldiers-in-tajikistan-ambush/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/tajikistan-says-militants-were-behind-attack-on-troops/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/tajikistan-says-militants-were-behind-attack-on-troops/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:56:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72875 The New York Times: "The government of Tajikistan on Monday blamed Islamist militants, some with ties to Afghanistan and Pakistan, for an assault on a military convoy in Tajikistan that killed at least 23 soldiers over the weekend. The Tajik government has long voiced concern about the rise of Islamic militancy in the impoverished, mostly Muslim country, which shares a large border with Afghanistan. And it warned Monday that recent surge in violence could destabilize Tajikistan." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/tajikistan-says-militants-were-behind-attack-on-troops/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/tajiks-increasingly-turning-to-shariah-to-resolve-disputes-family-affairs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/tajiks-increasingly-turning-to-shariah-to-resolve-disputes-family-affairs/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:16:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71255 Radio Free Europe: "Even as the Tajik government maintains tight control on religion, the majority Muslim population is increasingly turning to Shari'a law -- the sacred law of Islam, which is not sanctioned by the state -- to resolve disputes, family affairs, and personal matters." Via Religion Clause. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/07/tajiks-increasingly-turning-to-shariah-to-resolve-disputes-family-affairs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/25/tajikistan-urges-parents-to-recall-children-from-foreign-religious-schools/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/25/tajikistan-urges-parents-to-recall-children-from-foreign-religious-schools/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:12:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70255 Radio Free Europe: "The president of Tajikistan has asked parents of students attending religious schools abroad to bring their children back home, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports . . . The president requested that students go to study religion within Tajikistan instead, because those studying abroad 'are all becoming terrorists and extremists.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/25/tajikistan-urges-parents-to-recall-children-from-foreign-religious-schools/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/muslim-call-to-prayer-banned-in-tajik-city-ahead-of-ramadan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/muslim-call-to-prayer-banned-in-tajik-city-ahead-of-ramadan/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:14:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68320 Radio Free Europe: "Reports say authorities in Tajikistan's northern city of Panjakent in Sughd province have prohibited the 'adhan' via loudspeakers because they said it could cause confusion and disturbs the peace." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/muslim-call-to-prayer-banned-in-tajik-city-ahead-of-ramadan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/tajik-officials-keep-sharp-eye-on-islamic-teaching/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/tajik-officials-keep-sharp-eye-on-islamic-teaching/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:44:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67238 Radio Free Europe: "A graduate of a local religious school, or madrasah, himself, Ahmadov has an official license to teach in such Islamic schools and to conduct private courses. His classes, which take place inside the grand mosque is the village of Ponghoz, in Tajikistan's northern Sughd Province, are registered by local authorities. It's how the Tajik authorities -- who maintain tight control over all things religious in this predominantly Muslim country -- insist things be run when it comes to Islamic education." | Via Religion Clause ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/tajik-officials-keep-sharp-eye-on-islamic-teaching/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/19/tajikistan-officials-insist-unregistered-religious-activity-illegal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/19/tajikistan-officials-insist-unregistered-religious-activity-illegal/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:06:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58358 Forum 18: "Tajikistan continues to seriously restrict freedom of religion or belief, Forum 18 News Service has found. At least 236 Five-fold, 48 Central cathedral, and 12 Cathedral mosques, as well as over 12 non-Muslim religious organisations have not been re-registered under the Religion Law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/19/tajikistan-officials-insist-unregistered-religious-activity-illegal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/07/tajik-authorities-say-baptists-must-register-before-gathering-to-worship/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/07/tajik-authorities-say-baptists-must-register-before-gathering-to-worship/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:38:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=44255 Religion Clause Blog: "In Tajikistan's capital of Dushanbe, a District Court has ordered a Baptist congregation to stop meeting for worship in an apartment of one of the congregation's leaders . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/07/tajik-authorities-say-baptists-must-register-before-gathering-to-worship/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/01/us-panel-religious-freedom-ebbing-in-russia-turkey/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/01/us-panel-religious-freedom-ebbing-in-russia-turkey/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 20:48:01 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23029 Hartford Courant (AP): "A congressionally backed panel said today that religious freedoms were deteriorating in Russia, Turkey and four other nations that were added to a watch list of countries where people's rights to worship as they please or not to worship at all are at risk." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/01/us-panel-religious-freedom-ebbing-in-russia-turkey/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/26/tajikistan-criticised-over-restrictive-religion-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/26/tajikistan-criticised-over-restrictive-religion-law/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:52:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=19521 Reuters: "Tajikistan, a Muslim nation bordering Afghanistan, introduced a new religion law on Thursday which the United States has criticised as highly restrictive. The law empowers the government to impose stricter control of religious groups in the former Soviet republic which tolerates only the state-approved version of Islam." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/26/tajikistan-criticised-over-restrictive-religion-law/feed/ 0