Muhiddin Kabiri

Muhiddin Tilloevich Kabiri (Tajik: Муҳиддин Тиллоевич Кабиров; 20 July 1965) is a Tajik Muslim politician, the chairman of the opposition Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan.[1][2]

Kaibiri was born in the Faizobod District in a devout Muslim family. In 1995-97 Kabiri was a businessman in Moscow. Upon returning to Dushanbe in 1997 he became a close ally of Said Abdullo Nuri, the leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan. In 2000, he became deputy leader of the Party, and was elected in the Tajik Parliament in February 2005 as an IRPT member. After Nuri's death in 2006 he assumed the position of the Party leader.

After the IRPT gathered only 1,5% votes, and no seats in Parliament for first time in 15 years,[3] Kabiri left the countries amid widespread speculation that the party would be shut down by authorities.[4] Kabiri’s current whereabouts are unknown, although he is rumored to be in Turkey. The 50-year-old was last seen publicly at an international conference in Iran, where he attended the International Conference of Islamic Unity on December 27 and was seated next to the head of Tajikistan's state-backed Council of Islamic Ulema and other members of the official delegation from Tajikistan. Kabiri's colleagues have urged him not to return to Tajikistan from abroad, saying it was not safe and citing the mysterious assassination of another opposition leader, fugitive tycoon and opposition Group 24 founder Umarali Quvvatov, in Istanbul in March.[5]

On August 2015, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan was banned by the Tajik Justice Ministry.[6]

Kabiri is fluent in Tajik, Persian, Arabic, Russian, and English.

References

  1. ↑ Милод, Фарҳоди (7 August 2008). "Мероси Сайид Абдуллоҳи Нурӣ" (in Tajik). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  2. ↑ Ато, Каюмарси; Мирзонабии Холиқзод ва Шодмони Ятим (7 August 2008). "Ҳусайнӣ: Пешниҳоди барҳам додани ҲНИТ фармоишист". Тоҷикистон (in Tajik). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2015-03-29. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
  3. ↑ "Tajikistan's Islamic Renaissance Party On Life Support". rferl.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tajikistan's Islamic Renaissance Party On Life Support". rferl.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tajik Islamic Party Banned, Given Deadline To Stop Activities". rferl.org. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Tajik Islamic Party Banned, Given Deadline To Stop Activities". rferl.org. Retrieved 28 August 2015.


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