New religion laws in Kyrgyzstan are taking effect this month, signed into law by President Sadyr Japarov in January. The ...

Kyrgyzstan has outlawed the all-covering Islamic niqab. Authorities insists the ban does not extend to the hijab, the Islamic ...

Freedom of worship is tenuous around the globe. The Pew Research Center’s latest annual report found “high” or “very high” ...

With a decree issued by President Žaparov, a law has come into force banning clothes that entirely cover women's bodies and ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, January 22. President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Zhaparov, signed a new law limiting religious influence, Trend reports. The law restricts the wearing of clothing that conceals ...

“Moneylending and moral reasoning on the capitalist frontier in Kyrgyzstan,” Anthropological Quarterly 91 (3): 1049-74. 2014. “Paradoxes of religious freedom and repression in (post-)Soviet contexts,” ...