DUSHANBE, June 28, 2012, Asia-Plus — The board of the Islamic Revival Party held a meeting in Dushanbe on June 27 to review the results of work carried out by the party organizations functioning in the districts subordinate to the center.
The meeting reportedly reviewed the results of work carried out by the IRP organizations in the districts of Varzob, Roudaki, Hisor, Vahdat, Fayzobod, Nourobod, Rasht, Jirgatol and Tavildara as well as the cities of Norak and Tursunzoda.
“Activities of the party organizations functioning in Vahdat, Fayzobod and Varzob have been recognized as meeting call of the times and activities of the IRP organizations in Roudaki, Hisor, Jirgatol, Nourobod, Tavildara and Norak have been recognized as satisfactory, while activities of the party organizations in Tursunzoda and Rasht have been found weak,” the source said.
According to him, the IRP board has decided to organize short-term training courses for the IRP activists on who to work with the population.
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). According to some sources, IRP now has some 25,000-30,000 members. It won two seats in the 2010 parliamentary elections. The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan is the only Islamic party registered in CIS Central Asia.
