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Word: kazakhstanskaya (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1961-1961
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...reminder that the religious tolerance they were enjoying is no willing concession. An article in the leading newspaper of Kazakhstan, where many Russian Moslems live, pointed out that the basic Soviet attitude toward Islam is as hostile as it is toward all other religions. The followers of Mohammed, said Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, submit to a "profoundly reactionary'' religion. The paper accused the Moslem clergy of not encouraging the cause of socialism, of not teaching their congregations "to study or investigate the phenomena of life, since this life, according to the Koran, is only ephemeral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Islam in Russia | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

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