The Guardian of Liberty - Nemzetőr, 1987 (10. évfolyam, 2-6. szám)

1987-09-01 / 5. szám

BI-MONTH L Y B 20435 V THE 6UARDIAN OF LIBERTY (NEMZETŐR) Vol. ^ XXXI SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1987 "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought,conscience and religion" Article 18 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Muslim Children Being Taught ”in Strict Secrecy“ M uslims in Tadzhikistan, one of the USSR's traditionally Islamic constituent republics, fear being caught giving religious instruction to children, according to an article in the republic’s Russian-language Communist Party daily, Kom­munist Tadzhikistana. The article, which severely criticised the “un­satisfactory” standard of State-sponsored cam­paigning to promote atheism, said that “some people” in Kumsangirsky raion, in Kurgan-Tyube oblast, “teach the dogmas of Islam to children.” It added: “Of course, they do it in strict secrecy, out of fear of being discovered, and with risk, hut they still do it.“ According to a recent survey ,based on anony­mous answers to a questionnaire, a third of the pupils in the sixth and seventh forms of the Number One Secondary School in Kumsangirsky raion are religious believers — a fact regretted in the article. It also reported other failures in the Communist authorities’ systematic efforts to eliminate religious belief in Tadzhikistan: “A mass observance of U r a z a (fast) by pupils of Dushanbe’s secondary schools is not to the teachers’ credit. In No. 88 School junior and senior children observed the lean diet in Allah’s favour, and among them •were eight members of the Komsomol” (Commu­nist youth organisation). The article added: "In No. 89 School ten to 15 pupils in nearly every class were fasting, and among them were Komsomol members. . . But Ministry of Education documents repeat insistently: ’. .. the atheistic education of children occupies a prominent place in the organisation of ideological work of the organs of people’s education and the general educational schools of the republic.’ “In the capital itself (Dushanbe) illegal schools have been uncovered where children and adoles­cents arc taught the dogmas of Islam.” The article also regretted that “many teachers are believers, thereby setting a bad example to their pupils“. In Kirghizia, another of the USSR's constituent republics in. Central Asia, a recent article in the republican Communist Party daily, Sovetskaya Kirghiziya, strongly criticised several prominent local Party officials for attending a “religious rite“, the funeral of a “modest old-age pensioner“. Pravda Vostoka, the Russian-language Commun­ist Party daily in Uzbekistan, another of the constituent republics, has expressed concern over the continuing practice of Islam despite State­­sponsored campaigning to promote atheism. A recent article in that newspaper studied the situation in Guzar raion, in Kashkadarya oblast: “The shortage of social facilities and public ser­vices undoubtedly opens a wide sphere of activity to religious tricksters. Various quacks, healers and fishers for human souls who have settled in nearly ,every village, passing themselves off as clergy, are preaching Islamic doctrines, engaging in witch­(Continued on page 2) IN THIS ISSUE Catholic Campaigner Emigrates 2 40 Years Aid to the Churche in Need 2 How Communists Cheer and Boo: "Provocation" 3 Big Morale Boost for Nationalism 4 Soviet Military Buil-up Worries Japan 5 Ghana Struggles Painfully for Recovery 6-7 KGB Celebrates Dzherzhinski... 8 Afghanistan: Attacs during Ceasefire... 9-10 Unemployment at last Admitted 11 Eastern Europe 40 Years ago 11—12 1956 REMEMBERED Hungarians in homeland and compatriots all over the world are remembering now what happened in their country 31 years ago. The Hungarian uprising of October-November, 1956, broke out spontaneously on October 23 when Soviet-trained AVH secret policemen shot dead young demonstrators outside Budapest's Radio Building. The revolt soon spread out throughout the nation. Many thousands of freedom fighters, mainly young workers and stu­dents, with overwhelming public support, demonstrated in the streets. Later, invading Soviet troops have been fought by Hungarian freedom fighters. (Picture has been shot in Budapest.) The Kremlin had great difficulty in bringing Hungary back into its sphere of influence with a massive contingent of invading Soviet tanks, infantry, and aircraft. The bestial act of re­colonisation resulted in killing of 46 000 Hungarian men, women and children and was con­demned by the United Nations in 13 resolutions...

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