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Kyrgyzstan carries out police raids to enforce the ban on the niqab

Since 1 February, the police have been able to issue fines of €230 to women wearing a niqab or burqa.

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The State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic reports that the police of Kyrgyzstan have begun patrolling the streets of Jalal-Abad to find women wearing the niqab. They speak to the women who wear it to warn them that they will be fined. The government is determined to enforce the new law that Prohibits wearing a niqab in public spaces. as of 1 February 2025. For this reason, it has published Photographs of the patrols chatting with the women. The aim is to make the authorities' actions visible.

This measure is part of the new Law on religious freedom and religious associations The law clearly states that You cannot wear a niqab in public places.. Anyone who doesn't respect it may receive a fine of 230 €.

Kyrgyzstan carries out police raids to enforce the ban on the niqab
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More measures to curb religion

Although the Kyrgyzstan It is a Muslim-majority society where the (secular) government wants to curb the influence of religion. The new rule It also criminalises the conversion of non-religious or atheist people., as well as the Conducting religious rituals in places such as care homes for the elderly, prisons or military units.. In addition, The distribution of religious literature door-to-door or within educational establishments is prohibited..

According to the Kyrgyz regime, these measures are intended to strengthen national security and limit the influence of religious movements considered extremist.

In Central Asia, there is a trend to curb radical Islam.

This trend It is not exclusive to Kyrgyzstan.. In fact, Kyrgyzstan has been the last majority-Muslim country in Central Asia to ban the niqab and the Islamic burqa. Islamic women's clothing and men's beards have long been the focus of government campaigns and public debates in Central Asia, where firmly secular governments fear the growing influence of Islam.

Nevertheless, government-backed legislators and religious figures insist that the ban does not extend to the hijab. Kyrgyzstan is the only country in Central Asia that allows the use of the hijab in schools and offices. Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have banned the hijab in schools, offices and government buildings and carry out police raids to look for men with beards and force them to shave them off.

This set of measures shows how, in Central Asia, various governments—despite being formally secular—are increasingly intervening in the religious sphere. The stated aim is to control how faith is expressed and to set limits on worship, on the grounds of protecting public order and maintaining social cohesion.

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