[DOC] [TLE] Central Asia - Wikipedia [PAR] Central Asia or Middle Asia is the core region of the Asian continent and 
stretches from the ... During pre-Islamic and early Islamic times, Central Asia was 
a predominantly ... Asia as consisting solely of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, 
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. .... Islam is the religion most common in the Central 
Asian Republics,... [DOC] [TLE] Islam in Uzbekistan - Wikipedia [PAR] Islam is by far the dominant religion in Uzbekistan, as Muslims constitute 90% of 
the population ... Islam by country  Continents colour2.svg  Africa[show]. Algeria 
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Central African... [DOC] [TLE] Islam in Tajikistan - Wikipedia [PAR] Sunni Islam is, by far, the most widely practiced religion in Tajikistan. Sunni Islam 
of the Hanafi school is the recognized religious tradition of Tajikistan since 2009. 
According to a 2009 U.S. State Department release, the population of Tajikistan 
is 98% Muslim, (approximately 95% Sunni and ... Islam, the predominant religion 
of all of Central Asia, was brought to the... [DOC] [TLE] Tajikistan - Wikipedia [PAR] Tajikistan officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Tajik:  , 
umhuriji Toikiston), is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia with 
an estimated 8 million people in 2013, and an area of 143,100 km2 (55,300 sq mi
). It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan ... 
According to the Library of Congress's 1997 Country Study of Tajikistan, it is... [DOC] [TLE] Moderate Islam? Look to Central Asia - The New York Times [PAR] Feb 26, 2014 ... The predominantly Muslim countries of the former Soviet Union are ... Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan  are experimenting with... [DOC] [TLE] "The Event of Our Era": Former Soviet Muslim Republics Change the ... [PAR] The emergence of six mostly Muslim republics from the former Soviet Union has 
... Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), has profound implications for the ... 
Turkish politicians sometimes portray their country as a middleman between the 
..... and the government of Iran enjoys predominant influence in the west, where it
... [DOC] [TLE] Islam and Secular State in Uzbekistan: State Control of Religion and ... [PAR] The situation in Uzbekistan appears in some ways as a one-sided ... secularity in 
a post-Soviet society with a predominantly Muslim population, along ... In fact, in 
most Muslim countries today there is a degree of state control of religious 
education. .... Thus, political parties based on religion are now permitted in 
Tajikistan,... [DOC] [TLE] Central Asia Travel Guide - Advantour [PAR] Discover Historical and Cultural Heritage of Countries in Central Asia ... republics
, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. ... state never 
included Kazakhstan in Muslim Central Asia, preferring to give it a non-Asian... [DOC] [TLE] Uzbekistan and Islam - Human Rights Watch [PAR] The majority of the country's Muslims are Sunni and regard themselves as ... had 
wracked Tajikistan and Afghanistan and, no doubt, because Islam remained one 
... "encroachment upon the constitutional system of the Republic of Uzbekistan. [DOC] [TLE] Kazakstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan ... [PAR] Country. Formal Name: Republic of Tajikistan. Short Form: Tajikistan. Term for 
Citizens: ... Religion: Islam practiced by about 90 percent of population, mainly 
Sunni ..... limited Tajikistan to a role as a predominantly agricultural pro- ducer of 
raw... [DOC] [TLE] UNESCO CII - WebWorld - Focus on Central Asia - Countries ... [PAR] Geography; Area; Population; People; Languages; Religion; Climate. Geography
. Tajikistan is bordered by Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to the north, Afghanistan... [DOC] [TLE] Kyrgyzstan - WikiLeaks [PAR] Source: 2010 World Muslim Population, Houssain Kettani ... Country. Muslim 
Percent of Total Pop. Russia. 15.84%. Ukraine. 1.04%. Poland ... that 70% of the 
total population is Muslim. Kyrgyzstan. 80%. Turkmenistan. 89%. Tajikistan. 99%. 
Uzbekistan. 91% ... Population: 3,758,800 (2008) Predominant religion is Islam. [DOC] [TLE] Regional and

Question: Uzbekistan & Tadzhikistan are predominantly Muslim republics of this country
Answer: Soviet Union