Tajik Jehovah's Witness Given 'Unjust' Prison Sentence For 'Religious Hatred

[TomSea]

Tajikistan
Tajik Jehovah's Witness Given 'Unjust' Prison Sentence For 'Religious Hatred'
September 11, 2019 09:53 GMT
    By RFE/RL's Tajik Service

KHUJAND, Tajikistan -- A court in Tajikistan's northeastern city of Khujand has sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to 7 1/2 years in prison after finding him guilty of inciting religious hatred.

The court also ruled on September 10 that after serving his term, Shamil Hakimov, will be barred from working in religious organizations for three years.

Hakimov called the verdict and sentence "unjust" and said he was just sharing his religious views.

More at: https://www.rferl.org/a/tajik-jehovahs-witness-given-unjust-prison-sentence-for-religious-hatred/30158540.html

Not wanting to get into a religious discussion but you know, JWs pretty much give you a no-holds barred discussion on religion, imagine doing that in a predominantly Muslim nation which, I'd think Tajikistan would be.

Seven and a half years.

I also wonder how those countries were during the Cold War, USSR days.

[PeteS in CA]

I am not and never have been one of Jehovah's witnesses, but they have not tried to stir up religious hatred since "Judge" Rutherford's presidency (IIRC, he died in 1941). They advocate their beliefs strongly - they really do believe what they preach - but they don't preach hatred for other religious groups.