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Yemelianova, Galina M., 1960-

Muslims of Central Asia : an introduction / Galina M. Yemelianova. - 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : illustrations, map - The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys . - New Edinburgh Islamic surveys. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-211) and index.

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.

"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

ISBN: 9781474416344 1474416349 9781474416351 1474416357

Source: 9781474416351 Edinburgh University Press

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB911805 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019212899 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Muslim

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Gemeinschaft Unabhängiger Staaten
Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Muslims--History.--Asia, Central
Islam--History.--Asia, Central
Musulmans--Histoire.--Asie centrale
Islam--Histoire.--Asie centrale
HISTORY--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.--Europe
Islam
Muslims
Religion
Nachfolgestaaten
Islam
Religion
Religionspolitik
Nationalcharakter
Nationenbildung

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Asia, Central--Religion.
Asia, Central--History.
Asie centrale--Religion.
Asie centrale--Histoire.
Central Asia
Mittelasien

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History

LC Class. No.: BP63.A34 / Y46 2019eb

Dewey Class. No.: 305.69/70958