Despite being proscribed by the government, the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) was formed in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The IRP emerged as an important force for democracy in 1990 and was...

The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRP; Tajik: Нашрияи Ҳизби Наҳзати Исломии Тоҷикистон; also known as the Islamic Renaissance of Tajikistan, the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan, the Islamic Party of...

Tajikistan is struggling to govern itself after breaking away from the ex-Soviet Union. The Islamic Renaissance Party is very powerful and determined to establish an Islamic state, which is causing ethnic Russians to flee and take almost all the nation's economic clout with them....

THE grey strip of the Pyane capital of Gorny Badakhshan, in eastern Tajikistan. For the Russian troops stationed in Tajikistan, the river represents the thin line between Russian-backed security and the wild forces of Islamic extremism. The Pamiri people of Gorny Badakhshan...