Oppon plans to build ‘Islamic State’: Tajikistan president

Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon accused a jailed opposition group of attempting to build an "Islamic state" and triggering civil war in the secular country, in a speech shown on state TV Friday, reports AFP.
In the address marking the ex-Soviet country's 25th independence anniversary, Rakhmon blasted the "destructive plans" of an Islamic party recently banned as a "terrorist" group by the government.
"Malicious forces and misguided people working to the plans and instructions of their foreign masters...planned to build an Islamic state, and dragged Tajikistan into the vortex of a fratricidal war," Rakhmon said.
The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan which styled itself as moderate was declared a "terrorist" group following lethal political violence in the country last year.

 

Oppon plans to build Islamic State: Tajikistan president

Tajikistans President Emomali Rakhmon accused a jailed opposition group of attempting to build an Islamic state and triggering civil war in the secular country, in a speech shown on state TV Friday, reports AFP. In the address marking the ex-Soviet countrys 25th independence anniversary, Rakhmon blasted the destructive plans of an Islamic party recently banned as a terrorist group by the government. Malicious forces and misguided people working to the plans and instructions of their foreign masters...planned to build an Islamic state, and dragged Tajikistan into the vortex of a fratricidal war, Rakhmon said. The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan which styled itself as moderate was declared a terrorist group following lethal political violence in the country last year.