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The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRP; ; 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 Islamist
Islamism

Islamism is a set of Ideologies of parties holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system; that modern Muslims must Islamic fundamentalism, and unite politically....
 political party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 in Tajikistan
Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east....
. It is the only legal Islamist party in Central Asia
Central Asia

Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south....
. The group was founded in 1990. In 1992, the party hosted a conference in Saratov
Saratov

Saratov is a major types of inhabited localities in Russia in southern Russia. It is the administrative center of Saratov Oblast and a major port on the Volga River....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, attended by Islamists from central ex-Soviet Asia and Tatarstan
Tatarstan

Republic of Tatarstan is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russian Federation . Its size is 68,000 km? with a population of 3,800,000. Its capital is Kazan....
 and Bashkortostan
Bashkortostan

The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkiria is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains....
.






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The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRP; ; 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 Islamist
Islamism

Islamism is a set of Ideologies of parties holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system; that modern Muslims must Islamic fundamentalism, and unite politically....
 political party
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 in Tajikistan
Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east....
. It is the only legal Islamist party in Central Asia
Central Asia

Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south....
. The group was founded in 1990. In 1992, the party hosted a conference in Saratov
Saratov

Saratov is a major types of inhabited localities in Russia in southern Russia. It is the administrative center of Saratov Oblast and a major port on the Volga River....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, attended by Islamists from central ex-Soviet Asia and Tatarstan
Tatarstan

Republic of Tatarstan is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russian Federation . Its size is 68,000 km? with a population of 3,800,000. Its capital is Kazan....
 and Bashkortostan
Bashkortostan

The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkiria is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains....
. When Tajikistan became independent, it was banned in 1993, and fought with the United Tajik Opposition
United Tajik Opposition

The United Tajik Opposition was an alliance of democratic, Liberalism and Islamist forces that fought in the Tajik Civil War from 1992 to 1997 against administration of President Emomali Rahmonov....
 and the Garmi people against the government during the Tajik Civil War, but re-legalised following peace accords in 1998. In 1999 it was the second largest party in Tajikistan. At the last legislative elections
Elections in Tajikistan

Elections in Tajikistan gives information on election and election results in politics of Tajikistan.Tajikistan elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature....
, 27 February and 13 March 2005, the party won 8% of the popular vote and 2 out of 63 seats.

The IRP's long-running leader, Said Abdullo Nuri, died in August 2006 of cancer
Cancer

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cell display uncontrolled growth , invasion , and sometimes metastasis . These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize....
. The party boycotted the 2006 Presidential election.

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