The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)

DUSHANBE. Oct 17 (Interfax) - Three persons accused of being members of the outlawed Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) have been detained in Sughd Province in northern Tajikistan, the Tajik Interior Ministry's regional department for the fight ...

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, an al Qaeda and Taliban-linked group that operates in Afghanistan, claimed it conducted yesterday's suicide attack near Bagram Air Base in Parwan province that targeted a US military convoy. The attack was ...

Series of agreements aim to improve regional connectivity among nations. Premier Li Keqiang meets Uzbek President Islam Karimov in Tashkent on Thursday. Li will attend a meeting of the prime ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member ...

China accused the shadowy East Turkestan Islamic Movement in this week's attack at Beijing's Tiananmen Square that left at least five people dead and 40 others injured. Chinese security chief Meng Jianzhu said from Uzbekistan, in statements ...

Uzbekistan in July jailed prisoner of conscience Ravshan Rahmatullayev, a devout Muslim, for six years. Five other Muslims were given two to three year suspended jail sentences, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. The six allegedly met in a local ...

According to the leader of the Birdamlik opposition movement, Bakhodir Choriyev, the movement will be reformed to establish the Birdamlik Liberal Economic Party of Uzbekistan (BLEPU). Mr. Choriyev writes about his plans for the movement in the ...

Most experts are sure that the Taliban is not prone to expansion, and thus will not be involved in exporting the Islamic revolution after the withdrawal of the American troops from Afghanistan. But that does not mean that the instability and the ...

Asif Haroon Raja Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) was founded by Abul Ala Maudoodi on August 26, 1941. Although Maudoodi rendered great service for the cause of Islam, he was among the staunch opponents of idea of Pakistan. The idea collided with his concept of ...

MOSCOW - Bombs and suicide belts were seized and 15 suspected members of Islamist extremist network At-Takfir Wal-Hijra arrested in raids, police in Russia said Wednesday. Guns, grenades and extremist literature were also discovered during the ...