DUSHANBE, May 14, Asia-Plus -- Presentation of book entitled “Religious Party and Secular State” was held at the Center for Strategic Studies in Dushanbe on Tuesday, May 13.

Authored by Tajik political scientist Abdullo Rahnamo, the book is dedicated to the problem of functioning of political parties with religious character in a secular state.  

            According to Abdullo Rahnamo, legal functioning of Islamic party, based on Article 28 of Tajikistan’s Constitution, is one of the key components of Tajik peace process and modern political system of Tajikistan. 

“In connection with determinative significance of the problem of stability in a secular state with the Muslim population, the book focuses on the category of “culture of stability”, which means evolution of secular and Islamic positions from ideological extremes to rational and pragmatic centrism,” Abdullo Rahnamo said.

            According to him, among significant conditions for achieving “culture of stability” are not only declarative statements about mutual recognition of each other but also theoretical substantiation, political cultivation and legal assignment of reached compromises.           

The book has a circulation of an 800 copies and it been published under support of the Fredrick Ebert Foundation.  The book is intended for distribution free of charge.