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: Kyrgyzstan: Authorities seek expanded powers to regulate religious affairs
The window for public comment is closing September 28 on a revived effort to amend Kyrgyzstan’s legal framework covering religious activity. Officials contend the changes are needed to combat ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Kyrgyzstan to regulate religion to combat extremism
BISHKEK: 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.
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Kyrgyzstan: Greater Financial Controls On Religious Organisations?
On 6 June Parliament, the Jogorku Kenesh, rejected an amendment to the Religion Law that would have imposed tighter financial reporting by registered religious organisations. Despite this, a separate ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Kyrgyzstan: Adventists Fined, But Investigator ‘Would Keep Them In Prison If It Depended On Me’ – Analysis
“I would keep them in prison if it depended on me,” Investigator Adilet Asanbayev of Bishkek’s Birinchi May District police, who opened the criminal investigation in April, told Forum 18. “The Court ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: US Religious Freedom Watchdog Recommends Kyrgyzstan for Special Watch List
A Russian Orthodox Church in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Credit: Catherine Putz On May 1, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its annual report and recommendations, ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Religion: Assessing Religious Freedoms in Central Asia, USCIRF Delegations Visit Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
USCIRF delegation meeting with religious leaders in Kazakhstan. Credit: US Embassy, Kazakhstan Subscribe for ads-free reading In late June, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom ...
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: 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 ...
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: 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 ...