Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: Tajikistan: Government Concerned By Increasing Growth Of Salafism

Monday 28 July 2008

Tajikistan: Government Concerned By Increasing Growth Of Salafism

Government officials and religious scholars are expressing concern about the growing influence of a hard-line form of Islam in Tajikistan. While a more liberal Muslim creed has been followed for centuries, the number of adherents of Salafism -- a form of Islam similar to that practiced during the life of the Prophet Muhammad -- is on the rise.