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Dushanbe, (IINA) - Tajikistan said on Tuesday it plans to install metal detectors and surveillance cameras in more than 70 mosques in the capital Dushanbe over government fears of extremist attacks, Pakistan Today newspaper reported.
The equipment will be installed at the expense of the mosques and their congregations, a spokesperson of the Dushanbe city administration said.
The government is currently trying members of the opposition Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) on an array of charges including attempting to overthrow the constitutional order and organizing a criminal group.
Authorities have accused party members of fanning a wave of unrest that killed dozens of people last year.
The Tajik parliament in January voted to ban “foreign names” for babies as the popularity of Arabic names in the Persian-speaking country has grown.
SM/IINA
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