Kyrgyzstan opens first Islamic academy to counter ‘extremism’

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan on Monday opened its first state Islamic academy, the latest measure by the secular majority-Muslim country in its attempts to control the influence of religion and combat extremism. Former Soviet republics across Central Asia are trying to manage a resurgence in Islam that has taken off since the break-up of the Soviet Union, which had imposed state atheism.

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