MINELRES: F18News Summary: 19-23 January 2004
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The right to believe, to worship and witness
The right to change one's belief or religion
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19 January 2004
AZERBAIJAN: MUSLIMS ORDERED OUT OF MOSQUE AUTHORITIES WANT AS CARPET
MUSEUM
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=231
21 January 2004
CENTRAL ASIA: STATE POLICY TOWARDS RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN CENTRAL ASIA
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=233
23 January 2004
GEORGIA: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES' HOPES AND DOUBTS AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL
INAUGURATION
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=235
* See full article below. *
20 January 2004
TURKMENISTAN: SECRECY SURROUNDS CONTENT OF NEW RELIGION DECREE
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=232
21 January 2004
TURKMENISTAN: SECRET POLICE BREAK UP MUSLIM COMMEMORATION OF DEAD AZERI
PRESIDENT
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=234
Turkmen secret police have raided a mosque to break up a Shia Muslim
commemoration for the dead former Azerbaijani president Heidar Aliev.
Forum
18 notes that the government has de facto banned Shia Islamic practice,
although some Shias continue to practise their faith in defiance of the
authorities.
23 January 2004
GEORGIA: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES' HOPES AND DOUBTS AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL
INAUGURATION
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=235
By Felix Corley, Editor, Forum 18 News Service
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On religious violence see:
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=182
On the difficulties over places of worship see:
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=184
On the difficulties over religious literature see:
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=191
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=192
One the lack of legal status see:
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=185
A printer-friendly map of Georgia is available at
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=asia&Rootmap=georgi
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