suppress Ismaili religious expression

The regime cut off the electricity at 4pm, the exact time the ceremony began, exiled Pamiri human rights defenders told Forum 18. Electricity was not restored until late evening. “Many believe this was a deliberate action by the authorities to disrupt the religious observance and further suppress Ismaili religious expression,” they noted (see below). An official of the Dushanbe city Department for Religious Affairs and Regulation of Traditions, Ceremonies and Rituals – who would not give his name – claimed not to know that the electricity had been cut off to the Ismaili Centre and the Centre was banned from using its own generator. “I’m not informed about this,” he told Forum 18. “Maybe it was for technical reasons” (see below). สล็อตเว็บตรง