[From the French language press]:De plus en plus nombreuses sont les jeunes filles à porter le hidjab dans les rues de Tachkent, y compris sur Amir Timour (Tamerlane), la grande artère de la capitale de la république d'Asie centrale, qui a gardé un fort laïcisme de son passé soviétique.
De notre envoyé spécial à Tachkent et Samarcande, "L’islam entre répression et encadrement" - RFI Radio France Internationale - France; lundi 19 mai 2008
More and more young girls are wearing hijab in the streets of Tashkent, including on Amir Timur (Tamerlane), the great artery of the capital of the Central Asian republic, which has retained a strong secularism of its Soviet past.
Since the "Andijan tragedy" of May 13th, 2005, Uzbekistan has increased its political presence on Islam.
The State wants to encourage the development of a certain version of Islam while keeping it under control.
Just as it was done in the nineties, when a state Sufism was encouraged, rehabilitating an authentic Uzbek religious tradition while rebuilding it in its own way.
[Pictures: Chorsu market in Tashkent. The new Hazrati imom masjid (5000 places, two minarets 52 metres/170 feet high, Tashkent. Photos: RFI].
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