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Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan  

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  • aka Islamic Party of Turkestan The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) is a coalition of fundamentalist Islamic militants from Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries that oppose Uzbek President Islom Karimov's secular government and that work to establish an Islamic theocracy. Founded in 1999, the IMU seeks to destabilize the country and the region; although not the only group to oppose the current government of Uzbekistan, it is the only group that has resorted to terrorism to achieve its goals. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MK5G4L2T-J

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