Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
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Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
Ҳизби Наҳзати Исломии Тоҷикистон |
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| Chairman | Muhiddin Kabiri |
| Deputy Chairman | Sayidumara Husayn |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Banned | 2015 |
| Membership (2015) | 40,000 (claimed) |
| Ideology | Islamic democracy, Islamism |
| Status | Designated as an terrorist organization by the Republic of Tajikistan |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
0 / 33
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| Seats in the Assembly of Representatives |
0 / 63
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The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRP; Tajik: Ҳизби Наҳзати Исломии Тоҷикистон Hizbi Nahzati Islomii Tojikiston, Persian: حزب نهضت اسلامی تاجیکستان; also known as the Islamic Renaissance of Tajikistan, the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan, the Islamic Party of Revival, or simply the Islamic Renaissance Party) is an banned Islamist political party in Tajikistan. Until 2015, it was the only legal Islamist party in Central Asia.
The group was founded in 1990. In 1992, the party hosted a conference in Saratov, Russia, attended by Islamists from ex-Soviet central Asia, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. When Tajikistan became independent, it was banned in 1993. It fought with the United Tajik Opposition and the Garmi people against the government during the Tajik Civil War but was legalised following peace accords in 1998. In 1999 it was the second largest party in Tajikistan.
The IRP's long-running leader, Said Abdullo Nuri, died in August 2006 of cancer. The party boycotted the 2006 presidential election.
At the legislative elections held 27 February and 13 March 2005 the party won 8% of the popular vote and 2 out of 63 seats.
At the elections held on 1 March 2015 the Party failed to surpass the 5% vote barrier, losing its only 2 seats in Parliament.
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