{"id":1616,"date":"2015-09-26T15:27:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T15:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1616-uzbekistan-bans-children-from-mosques-on-eid-al-adha-festival\/"},"modified":"2015-09-26T15:27:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T15:27:01","slug":"uzbekistan-bans-children-from-mosques-on-eid-al-adha-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1616-uzbekistan-bans-children-from-mosques-on-eid-al-adha-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan bans children from mosques on Eid Al-Adha festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<address style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">The official added that the government thinks 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