The authoritarian-minded leadership of Uzbekistan is promoting reforms that may have decidedly progressive outcomes in such ...

The apparently increasing number of hujra, clandestine religious classrooms, in Uzbekistan indicates a growing need for formal religious education that is not attainable for many at present.

Islamic practices in Uzbekistan, after enduring seven decades of Soviet-imposed atheism, are now being increasingly adopted ...

Since its independence in 1989, Uzbekistan has been run almost single-handedly by President Islam Karimov. There is no real political opposition inside the country, there is a lack of religious ...

The country also faced incursions in 1999 and 2000 by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, an armed group that was based in Afghanistan. But thousands of people in prison on religious charges are ...

While many embrace the romantic gestures and gift-giving associated with February 14th, a handful of countries actively ...