January 15, “Asia-Plus” information-analytical portal referring to Hussein Shokirov, the head of Religious Association Department of Religious Affairs, national traditions, celebrations and ceremonies’ ordering committee, reported: “The Government of Tajikistan has decided that from now the citizens under the age of 40 will not be able to perform Hajj. Thus, the opportunity to perform a pilgrimage to the holy sites of Islam is first of all given to the older generation of Tajiks.”

Eldar Khamzin