Politicizing Islam in Central Asia: From the Russian Revolution to the Afghan and Syrian Jihads

by Kathleen Collins

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A sweeping history of Islamism in Central Asia from the Russian Revolution to the present through Soviet-era archival documents, oral histories, and a trove of interviews and focus groups.

Few observers anticipated a surge of Islamism in Central Asia, after seventy years of forced communist atheism. Muslims do not inevitably support Islamism, a modern political ideology of Islam. Yet, Islamism became the dominant form of political...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0197685072

ISBN13:9780197685075

Release Date:June 2023

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:584 Pages

Weight:1.87 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality

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