DUSHANBE, June 19, 2014, Asia-Plus – The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) claims that another attempt to attack its leader has been made in Khujand, the capital of the northern Sughd province.
“Today morning, at around 7:30 am, approximately 50 local residents gathered outside the office of our party in Khujand, accusing the IRP of destabilizing the situation in the country,” Mahmoudjon Fayzrahmonov, a spokesman for the IRP, told Asia-Plus in an interview on Thursday, June 19.
According to him, IRP leader Muhiddin Kabiri was inside the building to discuss with local authorities the further fate of IRP’s office, which is liable to demolition.
Protesters reportedly also accused the Islamic Revival Party of wakening the civil war in the 1900s and sending their children to Syria to fight against the government forces there.
“When Kabiri went out of the office some of protesters attempted to attack him but police officers did not allow that,” Fayzrahmonov said, noting that protesters dispersed at 9:30 am.
We will recall that IRP leader Muhiddin Kabiri was pelted with tomatoes and eggs on a visit to the southern city of Kulob on June 10. Some 15 men and women pelted Muhiddin Kabiri tomatoes and eggs, accusing the party members of wakening the civil war in the 1900s and seeking to destabilize the country today.
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 IRP now has more than 41,000 members. The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan is the only Islamic party in post-Soviet Central Asia that is officially registered and represented in a parliament. It won two seats in the 2010 parliamentary elections. Current chairman of the IRP is Muhiddin Kabiri.
According to some sources, women now constitute more than 51 percent of the Islamic Revival Party members.
