On June 8, the emir of Qatar (its ruler) Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad al Thani visited Tajikistan and participated in the opening ceremony of the largest mosque in the country, built in the capital Dushanbe ...

A mosque under construction in southern Tajikistan. CC BY-NC 2.0: Rohan Shenhav / Flickr. Some rights reserved. A review of Transforming Tajikistan: State-building ...

Tajikistan in Central Asia is 90% Muslim ... He also shut thousands of mosques.” Nowadays, all religious issues in the country are strictly supervised by the government.

While the Religious Affairs Committee redoubled its efforts to close down mosques, men are encouraged not to wear long beards. According to Abdullo Rahmonzoda, head of Tajikistan's youth and ...