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Central Asia: The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan |
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by J. B. Hill
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 Formed in 1996 as a union of fundamentalist Islamic militants from Uzbekistan and other nations in Central Asia, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) has committed acts of terrorism all over the region.
Led by Tahir Yuldosh, former leader of Uzbekistan’s Adolat party, and originally focused on overthrowing the regime of President Islam Karimov in Uzbekistan and establishing an Islamist state within that territory, the IMU in June of 2001 changed its name to the Islamic Party of Turkestan and expanded its focus to establishing an Islamic state throughout Central Asia. Through its pan-Islamic paradigm, the IMU has been able to increase both its area of operations as well as its funding opportunities. Specifically, the IMU has been able to garner funding from Al-Qaeda1 and other like-minded groups.
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