Islam In Post Soviet Russia

Author : Hilary Pilkington,Galina Yemelianova
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134431861

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Islam in Post-Soviet Russia by Hilary Pilkington,Galina Yemelianova Pdf

This book, based on extensive original research in the field, analyses the political, social and cultural implications of the rise of Islam in post-Soviet Russia. Examining in particular the situation in Tatarstan and Dagestan, where there are large Muslim populations, the authors chart the long history of Muslim and orthodox Christian co-existence in Russia, discuss recent moves towards greater autonomy and the assertion of ethnic-religious identities which underlie such moves, and consider the actual practice of Islam at the local level, showing the differences between "official" and "unofficial" Islam, how ceremonies and rituals are actually observed (or not), how Islam is transmitted from one generation to the next, the role of Islamic thought, including that of radical sects, and Islamic views of men and women's different roles. Overall, the book demonstrates how far Islam in Russia has been extensively influenced by the Soviet and Russian multi-ethnic context.

Author : Gulnaz Sibgatullina
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004426450

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Languages of Islam and Christianity in Post-Soviet Russia by Gulnaz Sibgatullina Pdf

This book examines how Muslims and Christians in Russia use religious variants of the Russian and Tatar languages to sustain, challenge and subvert relations of power.

Author : Galina M. Yemelianova
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781135182854

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Radical Islam in the Former Soviet Union by Galina M. Yemelianova Pdf

This is the first comprehensive and comparative examination of Islamic radicalisation in the Muslim regions of the former Soviet Union since the end of Communism. Since the 1990s, the ex-Soviet Muslim Volga-Urals, Caucasus and Central Asia have been among the most volatile and dynamic zones of Islamic radicalisation in the Islamic East. Although partially driven by a wider Islamic resurgence which began in the late 1970s in the Middle East, the book argues that radicalisation is a post-Soviet phenomenon triggered by the collapse of Communism, and the break-up of the de facto unitary Soviet empire. The book considers the considerable differences in perceptions and manifestations of radical Islam in the republics, as well as the level of its doctrinal and political impact. It demonstrates how the particular histories of the regions’ Muslim peoples - especially the length and depth of their Islamisation - have influenced the nature and scope of their radicalisation. Other significant factors include the mobilising power of the global jihadist network, and most significantly the level of social and economic hardship. Based on extensive empirical research including interviews with leading members of the political and religious elite, the Islamist opposition as well as ordinary muslims, the book reveals how unofficial radical Islam has turned into a potent ideology of social mobilisation. It identifies the different dynamics at work and how these relate to each other, assesses the level of foreign involvement and evaluates the implications of the rise of Islamic radicalism for particular post-Soviet states, post-Soviet Eurasia and the wider international community.

Author : Dominic Rubin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787380882

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Russia's Muslim Heartlands by Dominic Rubin Pdf

Moscow has the largest Muslim population of any city in Europe. In 2015, some 2 million Muslim Muscovites celebrated the opening of the continent's biggest mosque. One quarter of the Soviet population was ethnically Muslim, and today their grandchildren, living in the lands between Bukhara, Kazan and the Caucasus, once again have access to their historical traditions. But they also suffer the effects of civil war, mass migration and political instability. At the highest levels, Islam has been swept up into Russia's broader search for identity, as the old question of eastern versus western takes on new force. Dominic Rubin has spent the last three years interviewing Muslims across Russia, from Sufi shaykhs in Dagestan, new Muslim artists on the Volga and professionals in Kyrgyzstan to guest-workers commuting between Russia and Uzbekistan and Kremlin-sponsored muftis hammering out a new Russian Muslim ideology in Moscow. He discovers their family histories, their faith journeys and their hopes and fears, caught between roles as traditionalist allies in the new Eurasian Russia and as potential traitors in Moscow's war on terror. This story of Islam adapting in a paradoxical landscape, against all odds, brings alive the human reality behind the headlines.

Author : Bayram Balci
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190917272

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Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus Since the Fall of the Soviet Union by Bayram Balci Pdf

With the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, a major turning point in all former Soviet republics, Central Asian and Caucasian countries began to reflect on their history and identities. As a consequence of their opening up to the global exchange of ideas, various strains of Islam and trends in Islamic thought have nourished the Islamic revival that had already started in the context of glasnost and perestroika--from Turkey, Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, and from the Indian subcontinent; the four regions with strong ties to Central Asian and Caucasian Islam in the years before Soviet occupation. Bayram Balci seeks to analyse how these new Islamic influences have reached local societies and how they have interacted with pre-existing religious belief and practice. Combining exceptional erudition with rare first-hand research, Balci's book provides a sophisticated account of both the internal dynamics and external influences in the evolution of Islam in the region.

Author : Maria Elisabeth Louw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134125197

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Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia by Maria Elisabeth Louw Pdf

Providing a wealth of empirical research on the everyday practise of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, this book gives a detailed account of how Islam is understood and practised among ordinary Muslims in the region, focusing in particular on Uzbekistan. It shows how individuals negotiate understandings of Islam as an important marker for identity, grounding for morality and as a tool for everyday problem-solving in the economically harsh, socially insecure and politically tense atmosphere of present-day Uzbekistan. Presenting a detailed case-study of the city of Bukhara that focuses upon the local forms of Sufism and saint veneration, the book shows how Islam facilitates the pursuit of more modest goals of agency and belonging, as opposed to the utopian illusions of fundamentalist Muslim doctrines.

Author : Hilary Pilkington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0203294467

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Islam in Post-Soviet Russia by Hilary Pilkington Pdf

Author : Galina M. Yemelianova
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135182861

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Radical Islam in the Former Soviet Union by Galina M. Yemelianova Pdf

This is the first comprehensive and comparative examination of Islamic radicalisation in the Muslim regions of the former Soviet Union since the end of Communism. Since the 1990s, the ex-Soviet Muslim Volga-Urals, Caucasus and Central Asia have been among the most volatile and dynamic zones of Islamic radicalisation in the Islamic East. Although partially driven by a wider Islamic resurgence which began in the late 1970s in the Middle East, the book argues that radicalisation is a post-Soviet phenomenon triggered by the collapse of Communism, and the break-up of the de facto unitary Soviet empire. The book considers the considerable differences in perceptions and manifestations of radical Islam in the republics, as well as the level of its doctrinal and political impact. It demonstrates how the particular histories of the regions’ Muslim peoples - especially the length and depth of their Islamisation - have influenced the nature and scope of their radicalisation. Other significant factors include the mobilising power of the global jihadist network, and most significantly the level of social and economic hardship. Based on extensive empirical research including interviews with leading members of the political and religious elite, the Islamist opposition as well as ordinary muslims, the book reveals how unofficial radical Islam has turned into a potent ideology of social mobilisation. It identifies the different dynamics at work and how these relate to each other, assesses the level of foreign involvement and evaluates the implications of the rise of Islamic radicalism for particular post-Soviet states, post-Soviet Eurasia and the wider international community.

Author : Shireen Hunter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315290119

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Islam in Russia: The Politics of Identity and Security by Shireen Hunter Pdf

This richly detailed study traces the shared history of Russia and Islam in expanding compass - from the Tatar civilization within the Russian heartland, to the conquered territories of the Caucasus and Central Asia, to the larger geopolitical and security context of contemporary Russia on the civilizational divide. The study's distinctive analytical drive stresses political and geopolitical relationships over time and into the very complicated present. Rich with insight, the book is also an incomparable source of factual information about Russia's Muslim populations, religious institutions, political organizations, and ideological movements.

Author : Maria Elisabeth Louw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134125203

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Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia by Maria Elisabeth Louw Pdf

Providing a wealth of empirical research on the everyday practise of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, this book gives a detailed account of how Islam is understood and practised among ordinary Muslims in the region, focusing in particular on Uzbekistan. It shows how individuals negotiate understandings of Islam as an important marker for identity, grounding for morality and as a tool for everyday problem-solving in the economically harsh, socially insecure and politically tense atmosphere of present-day Uzbekistan. Presenting a detailed case-study of the city of Bukhara that focuses upon the local forms of Sufism and saint veneration, the book shows how Islam facilitates the pursuit of more modest goals of agency and belonging, as opposed to the utopian illusions of fundamentalist Muslim doctrines.

Author : Eren Tasar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190652104

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Soviet and Muslim by Eren Tasar Pdf

World War II and Islamically informed Soviet patriotism -- Institutionalizing Soviet Islam, 1944-1958 -- SADUM's new ambitions, 1943-1958 -- The anti-religious campaign, 1959-1964 -- The muftiate on the international stage -- The Brezhnev Era and its aftermath, 1965-1989

Author : Sophie Duhnkrack
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640337309

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Tsars, Comrades and Prophets by Sophie Duhnkrack Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Orientalism / Sinology - Islamic Studies, grade: 92, Ben Gurion University, course: Tsars, Comrades and Prophets: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Islam in Russia and the Former Soviet Union, language: English, abstract: For almost a millennium Russia has interacted with Islam. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Islam has had a considerable impact on the formation of a new Russian identity. The "ideological and cultural vacuum" generated by the enormous political change hampers the creation of this identity. In the new liberty, formerly excluded and suppressed minorities strive for self-determination and recognition of their rights. The following study briefly depicts the new political situation. Further it analyzes the policies of the post-Soviet Russian Federation government and its consequences for Russian Muslims; it compares them with the policies of the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan. Using Turkey as a specific example, conclusions are drawn about the effects of this new socio-political climate on Russian Muslims.

Author : Mark Bassin,Catriona Kelly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107011175

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Soviet and Post-Soviet Identities by Mark Bassin,Catriona Kelly Pdf

A fresh look at post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia and at the Soviet historical background that shaped the present.

Author : Marfua Tokhtakhodzhaeva
Publisher : Global Oriental
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004213241

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The Re-Islamization of Society and the Position of Women in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan by Marfua Tokhtakhodzhaeva Pdf

As well as being a valuable and insightful study into the history, development and tenets of Islam, with particular reference to life in Uzbekistan, this study, which draws on a wide personal network and extensive field research, is also in part a personal quest in support of women’s position and aspirations in the modern world.

Author : Gregory Simons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1955055378

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Islam in Russia by Gregory Simons Pdf

Russia's Muslims, numbering some 15 million, constitute far from a homogeneous sociopolitical group. So, what does it mean to be a Muslim in Russia today? How is the image of Islam constructed, and how do the country's Muslims - and non-Muslims - perceive and react to it? These are the questions that gave rise to this book. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the authors explore in what ways, and with what impact, Islam in contemporary Russia has been shaped by the interactions of the Soviet legacy, local cultures and languages, and external forces. They also address the influence of Islam on Russia's current Middle East policy. Their work is a rich and distinctive contribution to enhancing our understanding of the complexity and fluidity of Muslim identity in post-Soviet Russian politics and society.