Islam after Communism : religion and politics in Central Asia /

How do Muslims relate to Islam in societies that experienced seventy years of Soviet rule? How did the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world by extirpating religion from it affect Central Asia? Adeeb Khalid combines insights from the study of both Islam and Soviet history to answer these q...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khalid, Adeeb, 1964- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
©2014
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=691726
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Islam in Central Asia; 2. Empire and the Challenge of Modernity; 3. The Soviet Assault on Islam; 4. Islam as National Heritage; 5. The Revival of Islam; 6. Islam in Opposition; 7. The Politics of Antiterrorism; Conclusion: Andijan and Beyond.