First jihad/martyrdom bombing in Tajikistan in five years. The virgins were getting impatient. “Car bomber kills 2, wounds 25 police in Tajikistan,” by Roman Kozhevnikov for Reuters, September 3: DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Suicide car bombers struck a police station in Tajikistan on Friday, officials said, killing two officers and wounding 25 in an attack authorities […]
Jihadists arrested in Tajikistan
I can’t remember the last time we had a Tajik jihad update. Is there any place on earth where the tiny minority of extremists cannot be found? “Extremists detained in Tajikistan,” from Pravda, : Members of the banned Uzbek Islamic Movement were arrested on Monday in the city of Khudzhand in northern Tajikistan. “An Uzbek […]
Seven Jailed in Tajikistan
From Turkish Press, “Seven jailed in Tajikistan for membership in outlawed Islamic group,” : DUSHANBE – A court in Tajikistan handed down prison sentences of three to nine years Wednesday to seven people accused of belonging to an outlawed Islamic group Hizbi Tahrir and agitating for the overthrow of the Central Asian country’s government. “They […]
Jihad in Tajikistan
This piece at the jihadist
The growth of radical Islam in Central Asia
Background on the jihad in Uzbekistan, from Asia Times. Note that the jihadis were from middle-class families: Recent reports Prior to the recent terror attacks in Uzbekistan which claimed at least 19 lives, a spate of reports from the region shows ongoing Islamist activity and law-enforcement efforts to contain it. One report details the state […]
Tajikistan: pastor at prayer shot dead
Christian missionary activity in Muslim countries has always been dangerous. Islamic law forbids any Muslim to convert to another religion, on pain of death. And dhimmi laws for Christians forbid proselytizing. This just in from Tajikistan, via the Barnabas Fund: “A pastor who was also an active missionary has been shot dead while he was […]