Tag: Dushanbe

Tajikistan And Dagestan May Increase Islamist Threat By How They Are Fighting Against It

April 6, 2015

Staunton, April 6 — Tajikistan is being pressured to shut down the Islamic Rebirth Party, something that will drive its members into the underground and make the Islamist threat there greater; and Dagestani leaders want to adopt an earlier Tajik policy and call home those from that republic now studying in Muslim schools abroad, something […]

A New Breeding Ground For Terrorism In Central Asia – the Abandoned Families Of Labor Migrants In Russia

March 12, 2015

Staunton, March 12 — Because of widespread poverty, brittle authoritarian regimes, and the impact of developments in neighboring Afghanistan, the Central Asian countries have long been a breeding ground for Islamist terrorists. But now there is a new component in this mix: the abandoned families of those who have gone to Russia to work. Students […]