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Islam after Communism [electronic resource] : religion and politics in Central Asia / Adeeb Khalib, with a new afterword.

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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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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Khalid, Adeeb, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
©2014.
Subjects:
Islam > Asia, Central.
Islamic renewal > Asia, Central.
Islam and politics > Asia, Central.
Religion and politics > Asia, Central.
Asia, Central > Politics and government.
Islam.
Islam and politics.
Islamic renewal.
Politics and government.
Religion and politics.
Central Asia.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 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; Afterword; Glossary; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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