The experience of the Islamic Revival Party in Tajikistan (IRPT)
can offer useful lessons for Islamic socio-political organizations worldwide
and they can learn how to avoid failures
Tajik's leader Rahmon’s regime is ranked as one of the most autocratic and corrupt regimes in the world
Tajik's leader Rahmon’s regime is ranked as one of the most autocratic and corrupt regimes in the world
The global Islamic movement must ask itself the question: how can a country where the Islamic movement achieved significant socio-political and military gains in the mid-1990s sink to a level where a dictator like Rahmon feels quite comfortable implementing his un-Islamic policies?
Taking into account that IRPT(the Islamic Revival Party in Tajikistan (IRPT ) the only legally recognized Islamic socio-political organization, an achievement that cost the movement thousands of martyrs, IRPT’s political indecisiveness and lack of charismatic leadership undermined its ability to capitalize on its victories.
By studying the experience of the IRPT, Islamic socio-political militant movements leading the Islamic Awakening in Arab countries can learn what they should avoid in their struggle.
Three primary lessons are evident from the Tajik experience:
a) the Islamic movement must avoid playing within the artificial
and illegitimate socio-political process outlined by the autocratic regime and
its remnants;
b) the Islamic movement must be led by muttaqi leadership; and
c) the presence or interference by foreign imperialist troops
never leads to authentic and positive change.
