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Tajikistan bans Muslim minors from praying in mosques

By REUTERS

AUGUST 4, 2011 10:34

DUSHANB - Tajik President Imomali Rakhmon has banned youths from praying in mosques and churches, prompting a local Muslim leader to call the move "a gruesome gift" for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Rakhmon, in power since 1992, signed the bill on "parental responsibility" on Wednesday. He has said tough measures are needed to stop the spread of religious fundamentalism in his country of 7.5 million people, 98 percent of whom are Muslim.

All people under 18, except those studying at religious schools, are banned from worshiping in the Central Asian nation's mosques, churches or other religious sites, said the law which came into force on Thursday.

It also bans girls from wearing jewelery except earrings and prohibits people under 20 from getting tattoos, going to night clubs and watching films or reading material which "disseminates pornography, violence, extremism and terrorism".

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