DUSHANBE, January 16, 2012 Asia-Plus -- A 42-year-old imam-khatib has been detained in Dushanbe for teaching without a license, an official source at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said.
According to him, the imam-khatib has been teaching underage children without a license in his house over the past two years.
“Ten his students aged 5 to 12 were in his house when the law enforcement officers came to arrest him,” said the source. “All of them are from various regions of the country.”
Investigation is under way.
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