War against Islam: Tajiks forced to hold European wedding ceremonies

14 September 2011

The war of the Rakhmonov's regime in Tajikistan against Islam intensifies. The Tajiks are now forced to hold the European-style weddings.

A resident of Tajikistan applied to the leader of puppets Rahmonov asking "to permit to hold my wedding in accordance with national and religious traditions."

The request contains in an open letter by Abdurozik Odinamatov, a resident of the district Asht Sughd. In his letter, the Muslim says that local authorities forbade him to hold his wedding ceremony in accordance with such traditions.

"They told me that I should hold my wedding in an European way. That means that both men and women should be staying in the same room, and I was told invite pop singers to the wedding.

I studied for three years in an Islamic madras, and religious traditions are dear to me, therefore I cannot hold my wedding", the author of the letter complains.

"In addition, local officials require that I do not invite representatives of opposition parties and bearded men", says the resident of the Asht region.

Earlier, media reported that local officials banned the residents of the district Asht from reading the Koran at the weddings.

Local human rights organizations openly report that the Rakhmonov's regime actively fights Islam under a pretext of fighting so-called "terrorism and extremism".

In particular, women and boys under the age of 18 are forbidden to visit mosques. The Tajik police detain men with beards and force them to shave them off.

In addition, the authorities prepared a list of issues and texts for sermons during the Friday prayers. During the last two years, the authorities have forcibly returned home more than 2,000 young people who had been studying in Islamic schools abroad.

Department of Monitoring
Kavkaz Center

Source: Kavkaz Center.
Link: http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2011/09/14/15123.shtml.