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YESTERDAY, 19:00 President Sadyr Japarov of the Kyrgyz Republic hosted Prince Rahim Aga Khan on March 1, in a meeting aimed at bolstering cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and the Aga Khan […]
(Image credit: Gaertner/Alamy) By Nylah Lee26th September 2023 From Karavansaray to the Aziret Sultan Complex, Kazakh tour guide Daulet Meldekhanov shares five unmissable stops on a visit to the city of […]
The international community, in seeking to pursue cooperation in the region, ought to look to Muslim women as a vital set of partners. By Aksana Ismailbekova December 30, 2022 In Kyrgyzstan, […]
Oct 22,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Djoomart Otorbaev BISHKEK — Bishkek’s residents have been confronted with an unusual sight these past few weeks: the streets of Kyrgyzstan’s capital teeming with […]
KYRGYZSTAN: Religious freedom survey, January 2022 13 January 2022Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18, and John Kinahan, Forum 18 Freedom of religion and belief and interlinked human rights are under increasing threat in Kyrgyzstan. Forum 18’s survey analysis documents: increasing “legal” restrictions on the freedom of religion and belief; Ahmadi Muslims being prevented from […]
15 hrs ago BISHKEK (Reuters) – Thirteen people were wounded when Kyrgyz and Tajik security forces exchanged fire across the border and residents hurled rocks at each other in a […]
One year on, has the world learned the lesson of the three-year-old boy washed up on a Turkish beach? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 1 September 2016 The body of Aylan Kurdi has gone beyond the ‘iconic’. Being small and dressed like a little European boy, and being white rather than brown-skinned, […]
ISIS members. File photo. (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – The National Security Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan revealed that about 600 Kyrgyz citizens, including 100 women, have joined ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Spokesman of the National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan Rashad Sulimanov said, “Over 600 Kyrgyz citizens, including 100 women, have […]
Forum 18 News Service: by Mushfiq Bayram — On 10 July Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal against two lower courts’ support of the State Commission for Religious Affairs’ (SCRA) refusal to give state registration to the Ahmadi Muslim community. Asel Bayastanova, the Ahmadi’s defence lawyer, told Forum 18 News […]
Forum 18 News Service: by Mushfiq Bayram — On 10 July Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal against two lower courts’ support of the State Commission for Religious Affairs’ (SCRA) refusal to give state registration to the Ahmadi Muslim community. Asel Bayastanova, the Ahmadi’s defence lawyer, told Forum 18 News […]