1st Edition
Islam in Post-Soviet Russia
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, based on extensive original research in the field, analyses the political, social and cultural implications of the rise of Islam in post-Soviet Russia. Examining in particular the situation in Tatarstan and Dagestan, where there are large Muslim populations, the authors chart the long history of Muslim and orthodox Christian co-existence in Russia, discuss recent moves towards greater... Read more
List of figures and illustrations Acknowledgments Note of transliteration Glossary Introduction Part I The Public Face of Islam 1. Islam in Russia: An Historical Perspective 2. Islam and Power 3. Official and Unofficial Islam Part II The Private face of Islam 4. Islam and the Search for Identity 5. Practising Islam: Rituals, Ceremonies and the Transmission of Ethno-Islamic Values 6. Islam in Multi-Ethnic Society: identity and Politics 7. Narratives of Gender among Russian Muslims Conclusion Timeline References Index
Biography
Hilary Pilkington, Galina Yemelianova
