A religious wedding could occur after the civil nuptials. The administration’s motive for proposing the bill may well be a desire to extend its control over spiritual life in the country ...

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, a handful of countries actively discourage or even ban the celebration of Valentine ...