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| | | Victory News Magazine | Islamic Superstate of Uzbekistan | (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Islam Karimov, the Uzbek President, is enigmatic and problematical, for despite sporting a name unmistakably Islamic, his actions puzzle not just Muslims, but also organisations of the world community, the International rights watchdog Human Rights Watch to name but one. |
 | | Karimov’s trip to the USA in March this year at the invitation of U.S President George Bush was enough proof for him that he had ‘arrived,’ with organised top-level talks and meetings with members of Congress, Senate and House of Representatives, members of business circles and the public. |
 | | Perhaps his face-to-face confrontation with the then future leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, (not the Hizb-ut-Tahrir!) in the free-wheeling atmosphere of the post-Soviet Union collapse, frightened him. |
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