Tajikistan Police shave beards of 13,000 men, convinces women to abandon hijab to check radicalism.
As per an Al Jazeera
report, Tajikistan Police have shaved the beards of over 13,000 men and closed 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing
including hijabs
(headscarves), as part of the nation's fight against "foreign"
influences.
The head of south-west Khathlon region's police, Bahroom Sharifzoda,
also said they convinced over 1,700 women to abandon headscarves.
Authorities say the move is to
check radicalism in the country and
to prevent unwelcome traditions from neighbouring Afghanistan. Last week, the
Tajikistan parliament also banned Arab-sounding "foreign" names and
marriages between first cousins, which is otherwise allowed in Islam.
In 2015, Supreme Court of Tajikistan had banned the only registered
Islamic political party -Islamic Renaissance Party - alleging it promoted violence.
Al Jazeera states, "the country of 7.1 million people has struggled
with poverty and instability since independence from the Soviet Union more than
two decades ago. It remains heavily dependent on Russia, where the majority of
Tajik people go for work."
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