Editing Emomali Rahmon (section)

=== Religion policy ===
[[File:Ceremony of presenting awards was held (Azerbaijan-Tajikistan) 4.jpg|left|thumb|213x213px|Rahmon with Azerbaijani President [[Ilham Aliyev]] in [[Baku]], December 2012]]
[[File:Secretary Kerry Shakes Hands With Tajikistan President Rahmon at the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (22744838565).jpg|thumb|U.S. Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] with Rahmon, 2015]]
Rahmon is a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]] and has frequently stressed his Muslim background even though his administration has suppressed public display of Islamic devotion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/tajikistan-no-hajj-no-hijab-and-shave-your-beard/|title=Tajikistan: No Hajj, No Hijab, and Shave Your Beard|last=Putz|first=Catherine|date=17 April 2015|website=The Diplomat|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021054613/https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/tajikistan-no-hajj-no-hijab-and-shave-your-beard/|archive-date=21 October 2019}}</ref> The government imposed bans on beards; attendance at [[mosque]] for women and children under 18; [[hajj]] for people under 40; studying in Islamic schools outside [[Tajikistan]]; the production, import or export of Islamic books without permission, implemented in 2017; using loudspeakers to broadcast the [[adhan]]; [[hijab|veils]]; [[Madrasa|madrassas]]; Islamist political parties; and [[Arabic]]-sounding names, implemented in 2016. Furthermore, mosques are heavily regulated, providing unofficial Islamic teaching can lead to up to 12 years of imprisonment, and an arduous process is required to obtain a permit to establish an Islamic organisation, publish an Islamic book, or go on pilgrimage to Mecca.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tajikistan's crackdown on observant Muslims intensifies|url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21729451-beards-veils-madrassas-and-arabic-sounding-names-are-all-banned-tajikistans-crackdown-observant|access-date=24 September 2017|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=21 September 2017|archive-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924182614/https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21729451-beards-veils-madrassas-and-arabic-sounding-names-are-all-banned-tajikistans-crackdown-observant|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2016, Rahmon performed an [[Umrah]] with a number of his children and senior members of his government. It was his fourth pilgrimage to Mecca.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/76686|title=Tajikistan's Islam-Averse Leader Goes to Mecca|date=5 January 2016|website=EurasiaNet.org|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629230948/http://www.eurasianet.org/node/76686|url-status=live}}</ref>

His reply to critics of the election standards of the 2006 Tajikistani presidential election was: {{cquote|"In Tajikistan, more than 99 percent of those residing here are Muslim. We have a completely different culture. You have to take that into account".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110700120.html |title=Tajik President Wins Re-Election |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=7 November 2006 |access-date=6 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402171152/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110700120.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
[[File:Мацква.ру, репортаж с Парада Победы 2023 на Красной площади, фото 21.jpg|thumb|Rahmon with Putin and other post-Soviet leaders at the [[2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade]]]]
During a 2010 [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]] session in [[Dushanbe]], Rahmon spoke against what he called the misuse of Islam for political ends, claiming that "Terrorism, terrorists, have no nation, no country, no religion... Using the name 'Islamic terrorism' only discredits Islam and dishonors the pure and harmless religion of Islam."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Top_Islamic_Body_Holds_Foreign_Minister_Meeting_In_Dushanbe/2045729.html |title=Top Islamic Body Holds Foreign Minister Meeting In Dushanbe |publisher=Rferl.org |date=18 May 2010 |access-date=2 June 2014 |archive-date=21 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921012914/http://www.rferl.org/content/Top_Islamic_Body_Holds_Foreign_Minister_Meeting_In_Dushanbe/2045729.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Membership in [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]], a militant Islamic party that aims to overthrow secular governments and unify Muslims under one Islamic state, is illegal and members are subject to arrest and imprisonment.<ref>{{cite news | title =Hizb ut Tahrir | newspaper =BBC News | publisher =BBC | date =27 August 2003 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/3182271.stm | access-date =12 September 2013 | archive-date =28 August 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130828150541/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/3182271.stm | url-status =live }}</ref>

The [[Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan]] (IRP) is a banned [[Islamism|Islamist]] political party and has been designated a [[terrorist organization]] since 2015.<ref>{{cite news|first=Casey|last=Michel|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/11/trouble-tajikistan-151104085616528.html|title=Trouble in Tajikistan: Analysts say the banning of a moderate Islamist party could unravel the country's post-civil war order|newspaper=Al Jazeera|date=5 November 2015|access-date=23 February 2017|archive-date=13 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213024031/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/11/trouble-tajikistan-151104085616528.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/02/tajikistan-human-rights-fears-banned-irpt-party-leaders-jailed-life|title=Tajikistan human rights fears as banned party's ex-leaders jailed for life|work=The Guardian|agency=Reuters|date=2 June 2016|access-date=23 February 2017|archive-date=24 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224054606/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/02/tajikistan-human-rights-fears-banned-irpt-party-leaders-jailed-life|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, the government of Tajikistan passed a law requiring people to "stick to traditional national clothes and culture", which has been widely seen as an attempt to prevent women from wearing Islamic clothing, in particular the style of headscarf wrapped under the chin, in contrast to the traditional Tajik headscarf tied behind the head.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tajikstan passes law 'to stop Muslim women wearing hijabs'|author=Harriet Agerholm|date=1 September 2017|newspaper=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tajikstan-muslim-hijabs-stop-women-law-headscarfs-central-asia-islam-a7923886.html|access-date=28 December 2017|archive-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906141934/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tajikstan-muslim-hijabs-stop-women-law-headscarfs-central-asia-islam-a7923886.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

By 2024, the [[Salafi movement]] and [[Polygyny in Islam|polygamy]] became popular in Tajikistan, despite both officially being banned by the government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Опасный контент: о запрещенных в Таджикистане организациях (ИСПРАВЛЕНО) |url=https://asiaplustj.info/ru/news/tajikistan/security/20240414/opasnii-kontent-o-zapretshennih-v-tadzhikistane-organizatsiyah |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=ASIA-Plus}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Polygamy in Tajikistan as a way of women's survival |url=https://old.asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajikistan/society/20240626/polygamy-in-tajikistan-as-a-way-of-womens-survival |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=old.asiaplustj.info}}</ref>