Uzbekistan News News Uzbekistan » Religion: The Hujra Phenomenon: How Do Uzbekistan’s Children Learn About Islam?
The apparently increasing number of hujra, clandestine religious classrooms, in Uzbekistan indicates a growing need for formal religious education that is not attainable for many at present. Local ...
News Uzbekistan » Religion: Uzbekistan religious freedom
With only a two-and-a-half year prison sentence, the harsher punishment seems to be the closure of his entire platform aimed at religious discussions. Overly broad and vague laws restrict freedom of ...
News Uzbekistan » Religion: Uzbekistan Treating Religion as a Threat
There’s not a huge number of people indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), so it’s pretty easy to avoid them in your day-to-day life. In fact, there are, according to the ...
News Uzbekistan » Religion: Uzbekistan: Ensure Fair Appeal In ‘Extremism’ Case
(Berlin, June 14, 2023) – Uzbek authorities should ensure a fair appeals process for a student sentenced to three years in prison for sharing a link to an Islamic devotional song, Human Rights Watch ...
News Uzbekistan » Religion: Uzbekistan lifts school headscarf ban after parents' appeals
The decision follows the amendment earlier this year of the country's law on freedom of conscience to allow women to wear the hijab in public places.
News Uzbekistan » Religion: Uzbekistan’s repression survivors tell their harrowing stories in a new documentary
The repressions started soon after the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, by which Uzbekistan had seen various local movements aiming to revive its national and religious ...