Tajikistan is becoming a significant recruiting ground for ISIS, with factors such as poverty, lack of social opportunities, and radicalization among labor migrant communities in Russia contributing to the rise of jihadi recruitment. Marlene Laruelle warns that the domestic terrorist risk in Tajikistan is likely to grow due to societal marginalization and circulation of weapons from the Ukrainian battlefield. Despite the Islamization of Tajik society, the minority calling for terrorist attacks and the caliphate pose a serious threat.
“The Islamization of Tajik society is not in and of itself a harbinger of future mayhem and jihadi violence; those calling for terrorist attacks and the utopia of the caliphate are a very small minority.” https://t.co/JZ2I5GxMyt
“Socioeconomic and political factors have combined to make young Tajik men uniquely susceptible to radicalization.” Read Marlene Laruelle on why jihadi recruitment is on the rise in Central Asia—and how governments can intervene: https://t.co/UwbpUfsqI0
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The Islamic State Khorasan, also known as ISIS-K, is increasingly recruiting Tajik citizens radicalized at home—and intensifying the risk of domestic terrorism in Tajikistan, warns Marlene Laruelle. https://t.co/YC31Rzuuql
In Tajikistan, factors such as poverty, a lack of social opportunities, and petty criminalization are making it easier for the Islamic State Khorasan, also known as ISIS-K, to radicalize young men, writes Marlene Laruelle. https://t.co/zw4Q1oCocx
“Radicalization among labor migrant communities in Russia and the circulation of weapons from the Ukrainian battlefield have raised the domestic terrorist risk in Tajikistan—and this threat is likely to grow.” https://t.co/esWFarSo4h
Marlene Laruelle explains @ForeignAffairs why societal marginalization and repression push Tajikistan's youth toward jihadism more strongly than religious fervor does. https://t.co/nLqvotNE71
Tajikistan: A New Recruiting Ground for ISIS https://t.co/Bh35gIlPh4
“Tajikistan will continue to be a cradle for jihadi recruitment—and Islamist militancy emanating from Central Asia will continue to threaten Russia, Turkey, and the West—until governments find a way to address its root causes.” https://t.co/UIQckJVXd4
A New Recruiting Ground for ISIS: Why Jihadism Is Thriving in Tajikistan https://t.co/0ByD0ElwpM