Notably, Tajikistan is a Muslim-majority Central Asian country that keeps a close watch on society, especially in matters pertaining to women and girls. In recent years, the Tajikistan government ...

Women in Tajikistan, in Central Asia, are being advised by the government to dress more “Tajik-style” and not wear either ...

New Delhi: Muslim-majority Tajikistan is set to ban the hijab as the government continues with its efforts to clamp down on public religiosity and promote its conception of Tajiki culture.

You might not expect a country with a 95% Muslim population to ban the hijab but that's exactly what happened in Tajikistan last week. The central Asian nation's parliament has approved a bill to ...

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail The Central Asian states of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have signed a landmark peace deal which ...

Premarital sex is deemed unacceptable in conservative, Muslim-majority Tajikistan, where women face a lifetime of shame if they are accused of not being a virgin on their wedding night.

Tajikistan said Wednesday it would publish a new book updating the country's dress "guidelines" for women, tightening the secular state's policing of women's clothing. Authorities in the Muslim ...

TEHRAN – Khorasan Razavi generates some $4.5 billion annually from international tourism, according to Seyyed Javad Mousavi, the director-general of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts for the ...