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<title>Former Afghan MP opposes &apos;Talibanisation&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169858210</link>
<pubDate>14 May 2008 14:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Eurasian Media Forum being held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Any such move is actually aimed at  ...  in the government is catering to the Islamic clergy in the country and with the  ...  for Islamic values by the countrys ruling religious elite. Earlier, speaking at the meet, Abdullah  ...
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<title>The New Geopolitics of Energy</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169723954</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 23:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of Western oil extraction in those regions. Islamic extremism of the sort propagated by Osama  ...  of Islamic lands--and the resulting defilement of Muslim peoples and cultures--has been driven by the  ...  involved some 6,500 personnel from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and took place  ...
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<title>COMMENTARY: Why the War in Iraq?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169646914</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 10:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  outside attacks by the Taliban and other Muslim groups. Prior to the military occupation of  ...  new conflict, the War on Terror. Radical Islamic groups in many nations have cells, self-sufficient  ...  Venezuela, Ecuador, Columbia, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Taiwan, Burma,  ...
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<title>Mixed Muslim message in &apos;war on terror&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169642955</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 10:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  predict that the centuries-old cultural clash between &quot;Islam&quot; and the &quot;West&quot; will &quot;become more virulent&quot;.  ...  closed in 2005) and Tajikistan (Ayni airbase). Kazakhstan has allowed usage of its air fields  ...  terror&quot; being a deliberate assault on their co-religionists and faith. The impression of &quot;ugly American&quot;,  ...
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<title>Saddled up on a motorcycle tour of China&apos;s Silk Road</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169592082</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  that distinct whiff of capitalism. The predominantly Muslim population subsists on very little. With heightened  ...  just offer a close-up view of China&apos;s Islamic western frontier. It did it from the  ...  borders of Pakistan, Kashmir, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in China&apos;s northwestern corner. Its center is  ...
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<title>Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan Summit Is a Sign of Changing Times</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169580235</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Saidazimova 3/18/06 A EurasiaNet Partner Post from Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev&apos;s is to meet with  ...  Nazarbaev&apos;s is to meet with Uzbek President Islam Karimov and other government officials for talks  ...  of water resources or the fight against religious extremism. The foreign-policy orientations of Uzbekistan and  ...
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<title>Kazakhstani Government Moves to Reassert Control on Mass Media</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169580212</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... Kazakhstani media outlets are facing pressure from the  ...  its staff contained &quot;members of a certain religious tendency with a most disputable link to  ...  link to Kazakh traditions and classic Sunni Islam, and still more with the policy of  ...
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<title>China&apos;s Uighur Policy Draws Critics in Kazakhstan</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169580196</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... CHINA&apos;S UIGHUR POLICY DRAWS CRITICS IN KAZAKHSTAN Mark Berniker: 1/29/02 In China&apos;s Xinjiang province,  ...  called the leader of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, as a beneficiary of bin Laden&apos;s  ...  in China&apos;s Yili prefecture of Uighur Muslim religious and folk customs. Olcott says this conflict  ...
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<title>Central Asia: Hizb Ut-Tahrir&apos;s Calls For Islamic State Find Support</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169580158</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... CENTRAL ASIA: HIZB UT-TAHRIR&apos;S CALLS FOR ISLAMIC STATE FIND SUPPORT Gulnoza Saidazimova 1/17/06 A  ...  But the governments of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Russia regard the group as an  ...  now in jails across Central Asia as &quot;religious extremists&quot; who pose a danger to law  ...
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<title>As New Term Approaches, Bush Administration Confronts Old Problems in Southwest and Central Asia</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169580110</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  years after the September 11 terrorist tragedy, Islamic extremism continues to destabilize Southwest and Central  ...  Asia  an area comprising Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The  ...  appears to be heavily influencing the way Muslims perceive basic democratic concepts, including respect for  ...
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<title>Central Asia/North Africa: Both Regions Face Growing Islamism, Strongmen</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169580104</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... CENTRAL ASIA/NORTH AFRICA: BOTH REGIONS FACE GROWING ISLAMISM, STRONGMEN Breffni O&apos;Rourke: 12/21/03 A EurasiaNet Partner  ...  One nation, Algeria, knows the horrors of religious strife, with some 150,000 people killed in  ...  republics -- Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan -- live in a much more dangerous  ...
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<title>Central Asia: Uyghurs Hit by Autocratic States&apos; Cooperation With Beijing</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169580101</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  men have been in detention in neighboring Kazakhstan. Observers say Uyghurs are victims of cooperation  ...  Kazakhstan since 1996 and worked as a religious teacher. In China, he was accused of  ...  Uyghurs -- Turkic-speaking Muslims -- of violent Islamic separatism aimed at creating an independent state  ...
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<title>Rumsfeld Defends Status Quo on Central Asian Tour</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169580086</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  political-related violence since August, including scores of Islamic militants killed in clashes with US troops  ...  in Afghanistan followed stops in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Perhaps the most pivotal moment during the  ...  also ruthlessly repressed all non-state-sanctioned forms of religious expression.  Of late, Karimov has sought  ...
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<title>Uzbekistan: There&apos;s No Place Like Home</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169580059</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  news conference that eight activists from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) who were arrested  ...  in its war against terrorism, persecuting overtly religious people and members of the so-called Hizb  ...  has moved its bases into neighboring Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. Many international observers fear that  ...
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<title>Central Asia: Security Services Take On Religious Dissent</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/kazakhstan/news.php?wid=169580041</link>
<pubDate>13 May 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... CENTRAL ASIA: SECURITY SERVICES TAKE ON RELIGIOUS DISSENT Gulnoza Saidazimova 8/11/06 A EurasiaNet Partner  ...  Kalamov, had ties to terrorists from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). He was shot  ...  after spending eight years in hiding in Kazakhstan. Nazarov and Kamoluddin are by no means  ...
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