Central Asia and Caucasus News Summary: 22 - 28 May... -
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Published on: 5/28/2004
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Moscow, May 28: Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS President Levi Levayev has urged Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov to prevent the demolition of a Dushanbe synagogue, which is planned by the city`s administration.The building, which is the city`s only synagogue, will be replaced with a palace of nations and a park. `Demolishing the ancient synagogue will provoke a negative response not only from the world`s Jewish communities, but also in the media,` Levayev said. `The Jews came from Central Asia, including Tajikistan, and have always had warm feelings toward the friendly Tajik people, with whom they have been linked by many centuries of good relations,` he said. `Such hasty decisions will not help raise Tajikistan`s prestige on the international stage.Rather, they could damage our peoples` century- long relations,` Levayev said.
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