Additional Name(s): Ихтиёрхӯҷа Камолов
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Tajikistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Date of Detainment: April/4/2024
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Managing a Religious Institution Religious Activity Resisting State-Imposed Religious Systems
Nature of Charges: Extremism
Ikhtiyorhoja Kamolov is detained for his independent religious activities.
On April 4, 2024, during Ramadan, authorities in Sughd region arrested Ikhtiyorhoja Kamolov, the imam of Khoja Muhammad Balodurkun mosque in the village of Rumon, for allowing minors to attend mosque and allegedly adhering to and spreading Salafism. Kamolov was reportedly charged with extremism.
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