Tajikistan's president has ordered local officials to find a wife and arrange a marriage for a schoolteacher who praised the autocratic ruler during a recent village gathering.
A young Tajik woman has taken her own life and her husband is facing jail time for allegedly driving her to suicide after the couple argued over her virginity.
Tajik officials say they have noticed an uptick in the number of applications for marriage licenses just before a law banning cousin marriages comes into effect.
Authorities in Tajikistan have introduced morality classes to move prostitutes away from the world's oldest profession.
A Tajik man has surrendered himself to authorities after allegedly undergoing "jihadi training" at a Turkish mosque as a potential Islamic State recruit. Parviz Nabiev spoke to RFE/RL's Tajik Service about his experience and ultimate disillusionment.
Tajikistan is considering a ban on marriages between first cousins, a long-standing tradition that doctors believe is the cause of many birth defects in the country.
Following a number of scandals that got the attention of the authorities, mosques and mullahs in southern Tajikistan are raising funds to construct a local headquarters for the president's political party.