 In 2011, almost all of the country's newspapers, including national, regional and district newspapers carried excerpts from an interview with Sobir.In this, Sobir recommended that the authorities limit the Islamization of Tajikistan and dismantle the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) – the only Islamic party in Central Asia – stating that if it ever came to power it would reduce the country to a feudal state.This provoked a round-table discussion on the weekly "Millat" in Dushanbe on 4 March 2011.