The list of Salafi literature banned in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 1, 2015, Asia-Plus – The Interior Ministry of Tajikistan posted on its website the list of literature propagating ideas of the outlawed Salafi group.  

13 books were put on this list:

1. 
   Sharhu Fazli-l-Islam li Shaikhi-l-Islam Mohammad bin Abdulvahhab at-Tamin
   
   by Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz bin Mohammad Al ash-Sheikh;
2. 
   Sharhu Lam’atu-l-Etiqadal-Hadi ila Sabili-r-Rashad li-l-Imam Muvaffaqaddin ibn Qaddoma al-Maqdisi
   
   by Muhammad bin Shalih bin Muhammad bin Utsaimin;
3. 
   Favaqiru-l-Izab fi Mu’taqad ash-Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulvahhab
   
   by Mohammad bin Nasir bin Osman Mu’mir;
4. Al Juhudu-l-Hadisiya by Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz;
5. 
   Al-Ilokatu Baina-t-Tashayu’u va Tasavvuf
   
   by Falah ibn Ismail al Mandakar;
6. 
   Sharhu Muqaddima fi Usuli-t-Tafsir li Ibn Taymiya
   
   by Musaid bin Sulayman ibn Nasir at-Tayar;
7. 
   Al Aliu-l-Bahiyati fi Sharhi-l-Aqidati-l-Vasitaya li Ibn Taymiya
   
   by  Saleh bin Abdul-Azizi bin Mohammad bin Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh;
8. 
   Al-Majmuatu-l-Oliya
   
   by Ibn Taymiya;
9. 
   Kitabu-l-Iman
   
   by Abu Ubaid al-Qasim ibn Salam;

10. 

Fazlu Ilmi-s-Salaf ala Ilmi-Khalaf

by Abdul Qasim Abdul Azim;

11. 

Favaidu mina-t-Tafsir

by Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz;

12. 

Taysiru-l-Ilah

by Ubaid bin Abdullah bin Suleyman al-Jabiri;

13.   

Al-Usulu min Ilmi-l-Usul Risala Mukhtasara fi Usuli-lFiqh

by Muhammad bin Shalih bin Muhammad bin Utsaimin.

  

            We will recall that The Tajik authorities banned Salafism as an illegal group on January 8, 2009, saying the Salafi movement represents a potential threat to national security and the Supreme Court added Salafists to its list of religious groups prohibited from operating in the country.

The movement claims to follow a strict and pure form of Islam, but Tajik clerics say the Salafists’ radical stance is similar to that of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Salafists do not recognize other branches of Islam, such as Shi”a and Sufism.  The movement is frequently referred to as Wahhabism, although Salafists reject this as derogatory.

The overwhelming majority of Tajiks are followers of Hanafia, a more liberal branch of Sunni Islam.

On December 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan formally labeled the banned Salafi group as an extremist organization.  The ruling reportedly followed a request submitted to the court by the Prosecutor-General’s Office.  The ruling means that the group’s website and printed materials are also banned.