Emomali Rahmon proposed to Sheikh Ahmad Al-Tayyib to organize advanced training courses for employees of Tajik religious organizations. for the staff of the religious sector of Tajikistan to undergo training at Al-Azhar University. On November 12, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon met in Azerbaijan with Sheikh of “Al-Azhar” in Egypt, Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyib. According […]
Emomali Rahmon proposed to Sheikh Ahmad Al-Tayyib to organize advanced training courses for employees of Tajik religious organizations.
for the staff of the religious sector of Tajikistan to undergo training at Al-Azhar University.
On November 12, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon met in Azerbaijan with Sheikh of “Al-Azhar” in Egypt, Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyib.
According to the press service of the President of Tajikistan, the meeting took place within the framework of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The press service noted that Rahmon proposed to expand scientific and research cooperation between educational and scientific institutions of Tajikistan and “Al-Azhar” and called for involving workers from the religious sphere of Tajikistan in educational courses at Al-Azhar for scientific and practical exchange.
Experts are skeptical about Rahmon’s proposals and consider them ineffective. According to them, the government of Emomali Rahmon has been practically fighting against all forms of religiosity for more than two decades and has gradually banned the activities of all religious educational institutions in Tajikistan.
Also, through the efforts of law enforcement agencies, including pressure on parents, thousands of students studying in religious schools, madrasas, and universities in Islamic countries were forcibly returned from abroad. All of them abandoned their studies midway and returned home, with hundreds being prosecuted and imprisoned, and many forced to leave the countries.
According to official data, more than 200 citizens of Tajikistan are studying at various branches of “Al-Azhar.” No one can guarantee that upon their return, they will not face the same fate as previous students of foreign religious institutions.