Religion

Question 1

1929

Answer 1

Worship was restricted to registered congregations

Question 2

1932

Answer 2

A 6 day week was introduced which meant 1/6th of workers had a day off each day.
This meant there was no longer a recognised day on which to attend church.

Question 3

1936 constitution

Answer 3

Religious publications and organisation were criminalised but priests were now allowed to vote.
This I something not permissible since 1918

Question 4

1935

Answer 4

Pilgrimages to Mecca were disallowed and the frequency of prayers, fasts and feasts reduced and the wearing of the veil forbidden.

This led to a backlash in some Muslim communities with the result that many Muslim priests were imprisoned

Question 5

Anti-religious drive

Answer 5

Also extended to Buddhists, Armenian and Georgian Churches

Question 6

1941

Answer 6

Nearly 40,000 Christian churches
25,000 Muslim mosques
had been closed down

Despite this faith remained strong;
in 1937, 57% of the population said they were believers.