DUSHANBE, March 19, 2012, Asia-Plus — A single pole political system creates preconditions for crises in society.
The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) leader Muhiddin Kabiri remarked this at the IRP conference that took place in Dushanbe on March 17.
The conference was dedicated to commemorate the IRP founders – Said Abdullo Nuri and Muhammadsharif Himmatzoda.
According to IRP’s headquarters in Dushanbe, prominent Tajik religious and political figure Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda also addressed the conference. He, in particular, noted that today “it is proud and responsible to be member of the Islamic Revival Party.
Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda called on members and supporters of the party to be tolerant despite pressure being made on them, the source noted.
Known Tajik political scientists, clerics and MPs also delivered statements at the conference.
According to the source, more than 100 guests – representatives of the government, political parties and former members of the Commission for National Reconciliation (CNR) as well as representatives of diplomatic missions and intelligentsia – have been invited to attend the meeting,
Founded in October 1990, the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan was registered on December 4, 1991. It was banned by the Supreme Court in June 1993 and legalized in August 1999. Its official newspaper is
Najot
(Salvation).
The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan is the only Islamic party registered in CIS Central Asia. The party was the backbone of the civil war-era opposition coalition called the United Tajik Opposition (UTO). The main leaders of the UTO came from the Islamic Revival Party. Of the groups that made up the UTO, only the Islamic Revival Party won seats in the 2000 parliamentary elections. As part of the 1997 Tajik Peace Accord, the UTO received 30 percent of positions in the government. The Islamic Revival Party — already divided from UTO allies — took most of these places.
The party founders are Said Abdullo Nuri and Muhammadsharif Himmatzoda. When the IRP chairman Nuri died in August 2006, Muhiddin Kabiri was elected to head the party.
According to some sources, IRP now has some 25,000-30,000 members. It won two seats in the 2010 parliamentary elections.
