An exploration of the deep transformations of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, looking at how Islam got "recharged" by several new political, cultural and soc

This volume explores the changing place of Islam in contemporary Central Asia, understanding religion as a “societal shaper” – a roadmap for navigating qu

Provides a sophisticated account of both the internal dynamics and external influences in the evolution of Islam in the region

During the 1990s, there was a general consensus that Central Asia was witnessing an Islamic revival after independence, and that this occurrence would follow si

How do Muslims relate to Islam in societies that experienced seventy years of Soviet rule? How did the utopian Bolshevik project of remaking the world by extirp