Tajikistan, a Central Asian country, has allegedly turned a mosque into a dance hall as part of efforts to combat radicalization, according to a social media post that went viral. The post featured a video showing women dressed in colorful outfits dancing, apparently within the premises of a mosque.
Tajikistan, a 97% Muslim-majority nation that had already banned burqas and hijabs, is now turning mosques into dance halls to fight radicalization.
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The caption of the post read: “Tajikistan, a 97% Muslim-majority nation that has already banned burqas and hijabs, is now turning mosques into dance halls to fight radicalization. Do you like this idea?”
In the comment section, one user wrote: “Mocking mosques doesn’t make you ‘progressive’; it just shows how rotten your soul is. Funny how they never dare turn synagogues or cathedrals into ‘dance halls.’ Respect is universal—or it’s hypocrisy.”
However, it remains unclear whether the video was actually filmed in a mosque. Some users questioned the claim, with one asserting that the location shown in the video is not a mosque but Registan Square in Uzbekistan.
