http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2005/11/23/unveiling-france-and-tajikistan/ neweurasia\'s latest on Tajikistan Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:46:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2005/11/23/unveiling-france-and-tajikistan/#comment-29 Tajik boy Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:10:46 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2005/11/23/unveiling-france-and-tajikistan/#comment-29 Yep, the comparison is not quite accurate. To understand the issue one should look into the recent history of Tajikistan. We all grew up in an extremely secular society where religion was non-existent. While we generally knew we were muslims, many true traditions of muslim society such as praying 5 times a day, fasting and not drinking alcohol were just ignored. These do still exist in the modern Tajikistan. It should be noted that Tajik society was and remains secular and headscarfs (or god forbid hijabs) are somewhat of an oddity. While many religiously motivated people in Tajikistan could reinforce wearing headscarfs and hijabs to our ansectry and history, it just doesn't seem compelling to most modern and young Tajiks. Tajiks are now experiencing a national identity crisis and if to a few uneducated hillbillies out there headscarfs and hijabs provide the answer I don't mind. But I don't see this as representative of the whole nation. I don't see how getting back into caves could help us move forward. I do strongly agree with the states decision. I am more than certain that Tajikistan will not be on fire because of this ban. Yep, the comparison is not quite accurate. To understand the issue one should look into the recent history of Tajikistan. We all grew up in an extremely secular society where religion was non-existent. While we generally knew we were muslims, many true traditions of muslim society such as praying 5 times a day, fasting and not drinking alcohol were just ignored. These do still exist in the modern Tajikistan. It should be noted that Tajik society was and remains secular and headscarfs (or god forbid hijabs) are somewhat of an oddity. While many religiously motivated people in Tajikistan could reinforce wearing headscarfs and hijabs to our ansectry and history, it just doesn’t seem compelling to most modern and young Tajiks. Tajiks are now experiencing a national identity crisis and if to a few uneducated hillbillies out there headscarfs and hijabs provide the answer I don’t mind. But I don’t see this as representative of the whole nation. I don’t see how getting back into caves could help us move forward. I do strongly agree with the states decision. I am more than certain that Tajikistan will not be on fire because of this ban.

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