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UZBEKISTAN: Samarkand Muslim to be tried for Shia Telegram chat group?

Summary by forum18.org
Amid a crackdown on Shia Muslims in Samarkand, police in May forced a detained Shia to open up his phone. They discovered a Telegram chat group to discuss Shia Islam. Officers arrested 10 men, questioning them for up to 20 hours about why they created an "illegal" religious chat group. After torture, a court jailed four – including 35-year-old Anvar Aliyev - for up to 10 days on "petty hooliganism" charges. On 14 July, Samarkand Police re-arre…
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forum18.org broke the news in on Monday, September 8, 2025.
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