Tajik migrants gather in Moscow for meeting against cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad

DUSHANBE, January 21, 2015, Asia-Plus  — Tajik labor migrants working in Moscow have participated in a meeting to express their protest against the publication of controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, according to the Association of Tajik Youth in Russia. Representatives of the Tajik Embassy in Moscow and Tajik Diasporas also attended the meeting that […]

Avaz Yuldoshev

DUSHANBE, January 21, 2015, Asia-Plus  — Tajik labor migrants working in Moscow have participated in a meeting to express their protest against the publication of controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, according to the Association of Tajik Youth in Russia.

Representatives of the Tajik Embassy in Moscow and Tajik Diasporas also attended the meeting that was organized by the Tajik Cultural Center Nour and the Sobraniye (Assembly) Association.

The meeting participants reportedly discussed issues related to contempt of Islamic values by same radical forces in the West and compliance with rules of stay in the Russian Federation. 

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