russian: Объединённая таджикская оппозиция , native_name_lang=Tajik , war=the

Civil war in Tajikistan The Tajikistani Civil War ( tg, Ҷанги шаҳрвандии Тоҷикистон, translit=Jangi shahrvandiyi Tojikiston / Çangi shahrvandiji Toçikiston; russian: Гражданская война в Таджикистане), also known ...

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Big tent A big tent party, or catch-all party, is a term used in reference to a political party's policy of permitting or encouraging a broad spectrum of views among its members. This is in contrast to other kinds of parties, which defend a determined i ...

*Islamist faction **

Islamism Islamism (also often called political Islam or Islamic fundamentalism) is a political ideology which posits that modern states and regions should be reconstituted in constitutional, economic and judicial terms, in accordance with what is ...

Pan-Islamism Pan-Islamism ( ar, الوحدة الإسلامية) is a political movement advocating the unity of Muslims under one Islamic country or state – often a caliphate – or an international organization with Islamic principles. Pan-Islamism was ...

Social conservatism Social conservatism is a political philosophy and variety of conservatism which places emphasis on traditional power structures over social pluralism. Social conservatives organize in favor of duty, traditional values and social institutio ...

*Democratic faction **

Tajik Tajik, Tadjik, Tadzhik or Tajikistani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Tajikistan * Tajiks, an ethnic group in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan * Tajik language, the official language of Tajikistan * Tajik (surname) * Tajik cu ...

nationalism Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a in-group and out-group, group of peo ...

Liberal democracy Liberal democracy is the combination of a liberal political ideology that operates under an indirect democratic form of government. It is characterized by elections between multiple distinct political parties, a separation of powers into diff ...

Secularism Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on Secularity, secular, Naturalism (philosophy), naturalistic considerations. Secularism is most commonly defined as the Separation of church and state, separation of relig ...

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Right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

(Islamists)

Centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the Right-wing politics, right of the Left–right politics, political spectrum, but are closer to the Centrism, centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure a ...

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Sayid Abdulloh Nuri Sayid Abdulloh Nuri ( Tajik: Сайид Абдуллоҳи Нурӣ, Perso-Arabic script: سید عبدالله نوری) (March 15, 1947 – August 9, 2006), also transliterated as ''Abdullah Nuri'', led the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikis ...

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Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan tg, Қувваҳои Мусаллаҳи Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, italics=off , image=File:Tajik Armed Forces Shoulder Patch.jpg , image_size= , image2 = , alt2 = Roundel , caption=The shoulder patch o ...

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Emomali Rahmon Emomali Rahmon (; born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmonov, tg, Эмомалӣ Шарӣпович Раҳмонов, script=Latn, italic=no, Emomalī Sharīpovich Rahmonov; ; born 5 October 1952) has been the 3rd President of Tajikistan since 16 Novem ...

, battles= , url= , status= The United Tajik Opposition (UTO) was an alliance of democratic,

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

and Islamist forces that officially banded together in 1993, after the most violent phase of the

Tajik Civil War The Tajikistani Civil War ( tg, Ҷанги шаҳрвандии Тоҷикистон, translit=Jangi shahrvandiyi Tojikiston / Çangi shahrvandiji Toçikiston; russian: Гражданская война в Таджикистане), also known ...

. The UTO fought against the pro-communist and Khujandi/Kulyabi government forces led by

, then Emomali Rakhmonov. The UTO opposition consisted of the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP),

Rastokhez The Popular Movement "Revival" (, ) was a political party in Tajikistan in the years of Independence Day (Tajikistan), independence and Tajikistani Civil War, civil war (1989–1997). It was founded on 14 September 1989, by members of the Tajik i ...

(Rebirth), the

Democratic Party of Tajikistan The Democratic Party (russian: Демократическая партия Таджикистана; tg, Ҳизби демократии Тоҷикистон, translit=Hizbi Demokratii Tojikiston) is a political party in Tajikistan founded in ...

(DPT), and

Lali Badakhshan Lal'i Badakhshan (russian: Лали Бадахшан; , named after the writings of Sufi pirs) is an opposition political party in Tajikistan. The party was formed by Pamiri people for the purpose of protecting the rights of Pamiris and promotin ...

(Ruby of Badakshan). The UTO made successful advances against the Rakhmon government, pushing the leader to begin negotiations. In 1997, a peace treaty was concluded between the Rakhmon government and the UTO. Following the treaty, several units of the Opposition became part of the

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, becoming some of its most experienced units.

Political leaders

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Haji Akbar Turajanzade Haji Akbar Turajanzade ( tg, Ҳоҷӣ Акбар Тураҷонзода; born 1954) is a Senator in the National Assembly of Tajikistan. He served as the Qazi Qalon, the highest Muslim authority in Tajikistan, from 1988 to 1991. He served as the se ...

* Mohammadsharif Khimmatzoda *

Davlat Khudonazarov Davlat Khudonazarov (Russian and tg, Давлат Худоназаров, fa, دولت خدای‌نظرف) (1944-, in Khorugh, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajik SSR) is a Tajik filmmaker, politician and human rights activist. Political ...

Oinikhol Bobonazarova Oinikhol Bobonazarova (russian: Ойнихол Бобоназарова; tg, Ойниҳол Бобоназарова) is a Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), ...

* Juma Niyazov * Abdunabi Sattorzoda * Otakhon Latifi * Kiemiddin Goziev * Faiziddin Imomov * Habibullo Sanginov * Abdurakhim Karimov * Atobek Amirbekov * Muhammadali Faizmuhammad * Mansur Jalilzoda * Mirzomuhammadi Mirzokhodiev

References

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