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Muslims in Eastern Europe (Paperback)
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Muslims in Eastern Europe (Paperback)
Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys
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Introduces the centuries-old history of Muslim communities in
Eastern EuropeThe history and contemporary situation of Muslim
communities in Eastern Europe are explored here from three angles.
First, survival, telling of the resilience of these Muslim
communities in the face of often restrictive state policies and
hostile social environments, especially during the Communist
period. Next, their subsequent revival in the aftermath of the Cold
War, and last, transformation, looking at the profound changes
currently taking place in the demographic composition of the
communities and in the forms of Islam practiced by them. The reader
is shown a picture of the general trends common to the Muslim
communities of Eastern Europe, and the special characteristics of
clusters of states, such as the Baltics, the Balkans, the Visegrad
states, and the European states of the Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS).Key FeaturesPlaces Muslim communities of Eastern
Europe within their historical and pan-European context,
establishing them as belonging in and to EuropeProvides an overview
of the history and current trends in Muslim communities in 21
post-Communist Eastern European countriesAnalyses the situation of
Muslim communities in Eastern Europe on a country-cluster basis
(North-Eastern Europe: Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia,
Belarus, Moldova; the successor states of Yugoslavia: Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Slovenia,
Croatia; South-Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania; Central
Europe: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia)Provides an
overview of the emerging trends in conversion to Islam among
Eastern Europeans
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