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Tajikistan's Secularization

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon
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May 19, 2009

Proof perhaps that Tajik President Rahmon's policy of secularization is working.

From RFE/RL News:

Two Tajik families illegally entered Afghanistan earlier this month because they said they wanted to live in an Islamic country, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.

The 12 Tajik citizens were detained by Afghan police after crossing the border.

Afghan investigators told RFE/RL that the Tajiks said they are not followers of any political group or religious movement but simply wanted to live in a "Muslim country."

-- Luke Allnutt

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by: Ivo
May 19, 2009 17:37
Honestly, I see nothing wrong with that. Of course I don't approve of human rights abuses, but religion isn't something we should tolerate much in 2009

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