Kyrgyz Govt. Continues to Scrutiny Some Masjids, Five Imams Dismissed
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| A Masjid in Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan- In response to the ethnic clash occurred in June this year, Kyrgyz government continues to scrutiny about 53 masjids throughout the city of Osh.
Local media have reported on Thursday (09/12/2010) that five imams at five Masjids in the city were removed from their position.
The decision to ‘fire’ the five imams were taken by a new commission established by the Osh City Hall politicians on December 2nd, 2010.
The commission alone based their decision on two counts; first, for leaving their Masjid without supervision during the ethnic class, and secondly, for propagating non-traditional Islam (read: non government).
Follow up to such a ‘counter-terrorism’ (read: counter-Jihadism) is that the government is about to build a database of ‘religious extremists.’
Further they have confirmed that the more detailed security check will be apparent to all Imams and religious authorities.
Including one of the security checks is a special test for Imams in the coming day.
Islam is the dominant religion in the country, with percentage at 80% of the population is Muslim.
A slight difference data was issued by the Per Research Center that claimed the Muslim population in Kyrgyzstan stands at 86.3%. (Islaminet/WorldBulleting/CentralAsiaNewsWire)
Local media have reported on Thursday (09/12/2010) that five imams at five Masjids in the city were removed from their position.
The decision to ‘fire’ the five imams were taken by a new commission established by the Osh City Hall politicians on December 2nd, 2010.
The commission alone based their decision on two counts; first, for leaving their Masjid without supervision during the ethnic class, and secondly, for propagating non-traditional Islam (read: non government).
Follow up to such a ‘counter-terrorism’ (read: counter-Jihadism) is that the government is about to build a database of ‘religious extremists.’
Further they have confirmed that the more detailed security check will be apparent to all Imams and religious authorities.
Including one of the security checks is a special test for Imams in the coming day.
Islam is the dominant religion in the country, with percentage at 80% of the population is Muslim.
A slight difference data was issued by the Per Research Center that claimed the Muslim population in Kyrgyzstan stands at 86.3%. (Islaminet/WorldBulleting/CentralAsiaNewsWire)
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