Turkmenistan - the writing on the wall

Turkmen 'President for life' Niyazov finds old Soviet habits die hard - troublesome clerics have their Mosques or Churches knocked down.
However, keep on the right side of the government and you get a brand new centre of worship - with the Presidents own words of wisdom written on the walls more from IRIN News...Niyazov has run the country since 1991 and it seems stability is all. Since Marx no longer provides a guiding handbook, and religious communities can't be trusted, he's written his own testament. Poetry also features in his list of accomplishments more from the BBC... According to Turkmen media sources the Rukhmana is not without international fans either more from Turkmenistan.ru