ISBN:
1474416349
,
9781474416344
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 218 pages)
,
illustrations, map
Series Statement:
The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Yemelianova, Galina M., 1960- Muslims of Central Asia
DDC:
305.69/70958
Keywords:
Muslims History
;
Islam History
;
Muslims
;
Religion
;
Nachfolgestaaten
;
Islam
;
Religion
;
Religionspolitik
;
Muslim
;
Nationalcharakter
;
Nationenbildung
;
Gemeinschaft Unabhängiger Staaten
;
Central Asia
;
Islam
;
Mittelasien
;
Sowjetunion
;
History
;
Asia, Central Religion
;
Asia, Central History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"Between the tenth and sixteenth centuries Central Asia was one of the most prestigious cultural areas of the entire Muslim world, playing a pivotal role in the Silk Road trade. Throughout that history, and up to the present, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Turkmen and other Muslim peoples of Central Asia have developed their own unique understanding and practice of Islam which has shaped their national identity and particular social and political evolution. These special characteristics of Central Asian Islam ensured its survival during seventy years of Soviet atheist rule, while in the post-Soviet period Islam has been integrated into nation-building projects in constitutionally secular Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. This absorbing history is traced in this fascinating study which shows how, from the seventh century to the present day, the region's people have negotiated their distinctively Central Asian Islamic identity in the face of enduring external Islamic and non-Islamic dominations, ethnic nationalisms and, more recently, global transnational Islamic influences"--Back cover
Abstract:
Muslims of Central Asia before the Russian conquest -- The Russian conquest and rule of Central Asia -- The Sovietisation of Central Asian Muslims -- Muslims of Uzbekistan -- Muslims of Kazakhstan -- Muslims of Kyrgyzstan -- Muslims of Tajikistan -- Muslims of Turkmenistan.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-211) and index
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