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Islam in the Baltic - Europe's Early Muslim Community (Hardcover)
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Islam in the Baltic - Europe's Early Muslim Community (Hardcover)
Series: International Library of Historical Studies
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Arriving in Europe in the 14th century, the Qipchaq Tatars are the
longest surviving Muslim people in Europe. They form the historical
core of the Muslim community in the Baltic States, Belarus and
Poland where Muslims are few in number compared with those in other
parts of the European Union and in Russia. In the first historical
study of this important community, Harry Norris investigates the
earliest contacts between the Baltic peoples and the world of
Islam. He examines the trade routes of the Vikings and the early
Slavs and Balts who had commercial relations with Arab merchants,
trading in amber, furs, Middle Eastern silks and other luxury
goods.
Norris surveys the Qipchaq Tatars' history, their Muslim faith,
their culture, their literature and their life as indigenous
Europeans in New Europe today. He draws contrasts and similarities
between other Muslim communities in Europe, including the diverse
immigrant Muslim groups in the Nordic countries that border the
Baltic Sea: Finland, Sweden and Denmark. This book is of importance
to those studying the rich cultural heritage of minority groups of
European Muslims and their position in Europe today, as well as
those interested in the study of migration.
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