Tajikistan In Turmoil -- Strategy PageOctober 5, 2010: The last month has been a violent one in Tajikistan. On September 3rd, there was the first suicide car bombing in Tajikistan in five years. The blast, near a police station, killed three. Up to that point this year, Tajikistan had arrested about a hundred suspected Islamic terrorists. Now, a lot more arrests are being made.
Tajikistan is the poorest of the 14 nations to emerge from the rubble of the Soviet Union, and the corruption and tyranny of the current government has made Islamic law (Sharia) appealing to many Tajiks. The government has been urging parents not to send their send their sons to study in madrassas (Islamic religious schools) because such schools are a major source of recruits for Islamic radical organizations. But poverty, corruption and dictatorial rule causes many people to look to Islamic radicalism as a solution to their problems.
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More News On The Unrest In Tajikistan
Worries Grow As Tajik Government Continues Operation Against Militants -- Radio Free Europe
10 dead as police, terrorists clash in Tajikistan -- Sify News
Islamist militants kill Tajik policemen -- Sydney Morning Herald/AFP
5 Tajik policemen, 2 militants killed in Rasht fighting -- Central Asia Online
Increasing Tajikistan Violence Worries Neighbors -- Voice of America
Tajikistan Violence Spurring Russian Action in Kyrgyzstan? -- Eurasianet.org
Threat of Islamic extremism in Central Asia is often exaggerated, says analyst -- Central Asia Newswire
More ‘Jihadistans’? -- Newsweek