DUSHANBE, June 6, 2014, Asia-Plus — The Islamic Revival Party (IRP)’s official website reports that the authorities of the city of Panjakent in Sughd province have partially demolished the building of the office of IRP’s organization in Panjakent.
Panjakent local authorities reportedly partially demolished the building on June 5 and they promised to allot a land plot to IRP’s organization within the city boundaries.
Representative of IRP’s organization in Panjakent, Sino Hasanzoda, says the building is located at the municipal road and they were informed that it will probably be demolished. “Since the road was widened only to 20 meters instead of the originally planned 34 meters, the building was not liable to demolition,” Hasanzoda said.
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 more than 40,000 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. Current chairman of the IRP is Muhiddin Kabiri.
The party has two seats in the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) – Muhiddin Kabiri and Saidumar Huseini; both of them came to the parliament from the party list.
