Now It's Tajikistan....

Now Tajikistan joins many of the other former Soviet republics in closing churches. Today, Forum 18 reports that a Korean-led Protestant church in the town of Khujand has been closed down temporarily, partly under pressure from local Muslims. The church had previoulsy been accused of violating Tajikistan's law on religious organizations by teaching religious fanaticism. Tajik law calls for registration of religious organizations, but registration is not compulsory. The chairman of the country's religious affairs committee also complained about the vast amount of uncontrolled Muslim and non-Muslim religous books entering Tajikistan.