DUSHANBE, October 14, 2014, Asia-Plus — The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) leader Muhiddin Kabiri plans to hold a meeting with representatives of Tajik youth in Dushanbe on October 17.
“IRP leader wants to discuss with youth the current political situation in Tajikistan and in the world and to share with them his impressions about his trip to South Korea,” Mahmoudjon Fayzrahmonov, a spokesman for the IRP, told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to him, Kabiri also wants to inform youth about volunteer activities and a role of youth in volunteer activities.
“Besides, IRP leader will also discuss with them negative effects of the intention of the Group 24 opposition movement to organize a mass antigovernment protest in downtown Dushanbe,” Fayzrahmonov said.
We will recall that Group 24, led by fugitive businessman Umarali Quvvatov, used social media to call for a mass antigovernment protest in downtown Dushanbe on October 10. The pblic protest never took place.
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 source, the IRP now has some 50,000 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.
Women reportedly constitute more than 51 percent of the Islamic Revival Party members.
