“Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Tuesday urged the president of Tajikistan not to go overboard in its crackdown on political Islam and expressions of faith….Although the population is 98 percent Muslim, several peaceful Muslim groups have been banned and their offices forced to close. Under the pretext of combatting Islam, men with long […]
At least 10 killed in jihad attacks in Tajikistan, U.S. embassy shut
“The group was led by Major General Abdulkhalim Mirzo Nazarzod…Nazarzod is a member of the opposition Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan…Rakhmon, a former head of a Soviet state farm who tolerates little dissent, has put pressure on the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan…He faced embarrassment earlier this year when the U.S.-trained commander of the country’s […]
Tajik special forces chief who joined Islamic State threatens to behead his brother
“O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as allies if they have preferred disbelief over belief. And whoever does so among you – then it is those who are the wrongdoers.” (Qur’an 9:23) “You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection […]
US-trained Tajikistan special forces chief joins Islamic State, vows jihad inside US
When Gulmurod Khalimov was training in the U.S., all those who were training him assumed that he was a “moderate” who would be a reliable ally against the “extremists.” To have assumed anything else would have been “Islamophobic.” And now he is vowing to come to the U.S. again to murder Americans for Allah. Good […]
“You must kill children without compassion” for the “path of Allah”
“You must kill children without compassion, you must kill women, Jews, infidels and Shiites,” as “this is the true path, the path of Allah.” To try to combat this, “the authorities have already banned the use of the veil for female students, admission of children to mosques and forced thousands of students who were studying […]
Tajik Muslims in Islamic State threaten jihad at home and at Kremlin
“One masked militant said that the video was the militants’ final address from Syria and Iraq and that their next video could be filmed ‘from the mountains of Tavildara in central Tajikistan, or the Tajik capital, Dushanbe — or even from the Kremlin.’” These are the same kind of threats that Islamic State jihadis have […]
Tajik jihadist denounces mullah for saying there is no jihad in Syria
Once again we see a jihadist claim the mantle of Islamic authenticity, and rebuke a Muslim opponent on Islamic grounds. This contradicts the prevailing dogma in the West, that the jihadists have twisted and hijacked the peaceful religion of Islam, and actually have no authentic Islamic justification for their actions. Mainstream analysts never bother to […]
Tajikistan: Islamic Renaissance Party accused of involvement in jihad terrorism
An entire Islamic party full of Misunderstanders of Islam — how on earth do these things keep happening? Behold the glorious complexity of Islam! So incredibly difficult are its peaceful teachings to grasp, that some of its most dedicated and devout adherents keep misunderstanding them and getting the crazy idea that Islam has something to […]
Tajikistan: Muslims shouting “infidel” murder Santa Claus
Misunderstanders of Islam in Central Asia shout “infidel” as they murder a man dressed as Santa Claus, and Tajikistan’s media says the murder didn’t take place on religious grounds. Have they been taking lessons from the U.S. media? “Santa killed by Muslim fanatics for being “˜infidel” in Tajikistan,” from News.am, January 2 (thanks to Silvester): […]
With OIC-approved text, Tajikistan appeals to U.N. to stop Norwegian firm from republishing Muhammad cartoons
Priorities. This is what you use the United Nations for: stopping a private entity in a distant country from republishing some drawings in a book. Under any other circumstances, the absurdity would be obvious and rightly laughed off, but, of course, double standards abound. “Tajikistan urges UN to try to stop republication of Muhammad cartoons,” […]