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This book discusses the evolution of state governance of Islam and
the nature and forms of local Muslims' rediscovery of their
'Muslimness' across post-communist Eurasia. It examines the effects
on the Islamic scene of the political and ideological divergence of
Central and South-Eastern Europe from Russia and most of the
Caucasus and Central Asia. Of particular interest are the
implications of the proliferation of new, 'global' interpretations
of Islam and their relationship with existing 'traditional' Islamic
beliefs and practices. The contributions in this book address these
issues through an interdisciplinary prism combining history,
religious studies/theology, social anthropology, sociology,
ethnology and political science. They analyse the greater public
presence of Islam in constitutionally secular contexts and offer a
critique of the domestication and accommodation of Islam in Europe,
comparing these to what has happened in the international Eurasian
space. The discussion is informed by the works of such thinkers as
Talal Asad, Bryan Turner, Veit Bader, Marcel Maussen and Bassam
Tibi, and utilises primary and secondary sources and ethnographic
observation. Looking at how collectivities and individuals are
defining what it means to be Muslim in a globalised Islamic
context, this book will be of great interest to scholars of
Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Political Science, Sociology
and Anthropology.
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
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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