Tajikistan government has forcefully shaved beard of 13,000 men and is closing scarf shops to counter extremism. In 2015 alone it closed 160 scarf shops and conducted differed programmes to convince women why wearing scarf is not good.
It is among few countries in the world which has banned Arabic sounding names and prohibits men & women attending mosques before the age of 18. Hajj a religious pilgrimage is also not allowed for people under the age of 40.
In 2016 it closed the last madrassa and now no registered religious school is running in Tajikistan. Though it is expected that because of the ban the religious schools are being operating in personal homes with completes secret.
But these measures have reacted inversely making Tajikistan the greatest asset for militant groups like ISIS. It is estimated that around 2000-4000 people from Tajikistan have travelled to Syria to join ISIS. Gulmurod Khalimov, Elite Police Commander of Tajikistan also joined ISIS because of the oppression by the Tajik government.