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Halloween is not really a thing in Tajikistan, Central Asia’s poorest nation with a mostly Muslim population. But President Emomali Rahmon got in the spirit of the season with an announcement that 1,500 individuals have been detained in the country for engaging in “witchcraft and fortune-telling.” An October 30 report distributed by Khovar, the official Tajik government news agency, said the round-up was carried out “after instructions by the head of state.” It did not indicate when or where the detentions occurred, or what kind of punishments, if any, the detainees are facing. The Khovar repo…