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Muslims of Central Asia - An Introduction (Paperback)
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Muslims of Central Asia - An Introduction (Paperback)
Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys
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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.
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