Posted on 05/09/2015 2:46:18 AM PDT by Cronos
Tajikistan is debating legislation to ban Arabic names as part of an ongoing campaign against Islam that has seen men being forced to shave their beards and women in hijab being labelled prostitutes.
The president, Emomali Rahmon, ordered his rubber-stamp parliament to consider a bill that would forbid the registration of names considered too Arabic, an official in the Justice Ministry’s department of civil registry told Interfax.
“After the adoption of these regulations, the registry offices will not register names that are incorrect or alien to the local culture, including names denoting objects, flora and fauna, as well as names of Arabic origin,” Jaloliddin Rahimov was quoted as saying.
Though the law would only apply to babies born after it is passed, some parliamentarians are reportedly demanding that existing names that are Arab-sounding should be changed to Tajik-sounding ones.
Islam is by far the largest religion in Tajikistan, practised by about 98% of the population. Religious observance has been on the rise recently, much to the dismay of the secular government which cites fears that the country’s disenfranchised and poverty stricken villages are becoming recruiting grounds for militants.
As well as clamping down on beards and hijab, authorities have closed independent mosques and encouraged imams to use their sermons to praise the president. Human rights groups say Muslims are regularly arrested on trumped-up charges that conflate faith with terrorism.
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He should go whole hog. Outlaw it entirely. It is incompatible with human rights and freedom.
sounds good to me........
Growing Islamic militancy vs. personality cult of the president. Not much of a choice for the miserable populace.
As long as they’re banning muzzie name, they should drop the —istan and change the name of the country.
Emomali Rahmon = Imam Ali Rahman
Help! My head is spinning.
I would only hope that this will happen in this country. Then maybe, these Muslims wouldn’t be so anxious to come here.
Sound like President Rahmons wants to save his country from the scourge of mohammedanism. Good for him. Cut the cancer out before it is too late.
+1
... authorities have closed independent mosques and encouraged imams to use their sermons to praise the president.
Maybe they should enfranchise their villagers and clean up their corrupt and incompetent government. Then they could study some Thomas Sowell books and get a functioning economy going.
would be good if he forcibly converted them to Zoroastrianism
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