  2011 Report on International Religious Freedom - Tajikistan
Publisher United States Department of State Publication Date 30
July 2012 Cite as United States Department of State, 2011 Report
on International Religious Freedom - Tajikistan, 30 July
2012, available at: [accessed 27 December 2014]  Bureau of
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor July 30, 2012   Executive
Summary  The constitution protects religious freedom; however,
other laws and policies restrict religious freedom and, in
practice, the government enforced some of those restrictions.
The government demonstrated a trend toward deterioration in
respect for and protection of the right to religious freedom.
Most minority religious communities were able to attend places
of worship, but only Muslim adult men and their sons, upon
approved petition, were allowed to attend mosques. Organizations
that did not reregister or that the government refused
reregistration were closed. The government continued to express
concern about religious practices and grou