Kyrgyzstan News News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: UN experts denounce Kyrgyzstan restrictions on freedom of religion or belief
UN experts on Thursday denounced new legislation restricting freedom of religion or belief in Kyrgyzstan, urging authorities to ensure all legislation complies with domestic and international human ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Assessing Religious Freedoms in Central Asia, USCIRF Delegations Visit Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
In late June, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chair Vicky Hartzler led delegations to both Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, joined by Vice Chair Asif Mahmood in the ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Kyrgyzstan: Religious authorities muzzle influencer who said pre-marital sex is not a sin
The space for free speech seems to be shrinking in Kyrgyzstan not just in temporal matters, but in spiritual affairs too. The Central Asian nation’s Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAMK) has ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Booming Demand For Madrasahs Fuels Islamization Concerns In Kyrgyzstan
OSH, Kyrgyzstan -- At a spotless and modern-looking madrasah in Kyrgyzstan's southern Osh Province, two teenage girls studying the Koran admit that they know little about the Arabic text they have ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Kyrgyzstan religious freedom
In its latest report, USCIRF has urged the Trump administration to finally make designations of egregious violators of religious freedoms. Overly broad and vague laws restrict freedom of religion or ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Kyrgyzstan To Regulate Religion To Combat Extremism
Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday gave their backing to new government proposals for tighter controls on religion, prompted by concern about a rise in extremism in the central Asian state. The Barron ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Once protected by its remoteness, a sacred lake in Kyrgyzstan is threatened by change
(RNS) — On the shores of Issyk Kul are more than 130 sacred sites, including trees, mountain peaks, hot springs and tombs of important figures. But the region itself, says one local expert, represents ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Kyrgyz Authorities Shut Down 32 Mosques, 5 Religious Schools In Southern Batken Region
Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee of National Security (UKMK) said on October 10 that it had closed 32 mosques and five religious schools in the southern region of Batken as a result of a special ...