Solidarity with and concerns about Palestine are not a new development among Uzbeks, but there have been a variety of responses to the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
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President Shavkat Mirziyoev won praise from devout Muslims for lifting draconian restrictions on the faith held over from predecessor Islam Karimov. But from a quieter call to prayer to calls to shun the niqab and a crackdown on Islamic websites, policy is now going back in the other direction.
When Shavkat Mirziyoyev replaced longtime strongman Islam Karimov as Uzbekistan’s president in 2016, he promised democratic reforms, openness and accountability. But a key element of those reforms a proposed rewrite of the country’s 31-year-old constitution has democracy advocates asking whether it is a step forward or back. Uzbek lawmakers gave nearly unanimous approval…