QURGHON-TEPPA, Tajikistan -- The head of the Interior Affairs office in Tajikistan's Khatlon Province says several members of groups related to the unregistered Islamic Jamaat-ut Tabligh have been detained in the Bokhtar and Baljuvon districts and the southern city of Qurghon-Teppa.
Tajik Army Colonel Shodibek Rajabov didn't say how many were arrested, but told RFE/RL's Tajik Service that most of the detained were released soon after their detention.
Tajik Interior Minister Abdurahim Qahhorov said last week that authorities had arrested 124 Jamaat-ut Tabligh followers throughout the country, of whom all but four were later released.
The four who were kept are accused of being members of the outlawed Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Tajik Army Colonel Shodibek Rajabov didn't say how many were arrested, but told RFE/RL's Tajik Service that most of the detained were released soon after their detention.
Tajik Interior Minister Abdurahim Qahhorov said last week that authorities had arrested 124 Jamaat-ut Tabligh followers throughout the country, of whom all but four were later released.
The four who were kept are accused of being members of the outlawed Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.