Hundreds Uzbeki men gather in Imam Bukhari mosque for Friday prayers outside Samarkand in Uzbekistan, the most populous and economically promising of the former Soviet Central Asian republics, March 31, 2000. Uzbekistan is cracking down on Islamic groups, but Western governments are warning that the crackdown is so forceful that it may be driving citizens to back radical groups. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)