ISLAM, STATE POWER, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN TAJIKISTAN
Igor Kotler
Since gaining independence in 1991, Tajikistan has developed one of the most restrictive systems of state control over religious life in the post-Soviet region. Although the overwhelming majority of the country's population identifies as Muslim, the government of President Emomali Rahmon has increasingly viewed independent religious activity as a potential challenge to political stability and state authority.
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