The historical role of Islam in the public life of the Central Asian region of the CIS in the XX – XXI centuries
Keywords:
Central Asia, clergy, confessional politics, Diaspora, hard power, Islam, madrasa, maktabs, parallel Islam, regional elite, soft power, Sufism, Sunnism, Turkestan.
Abstract
The article is devoted to the historical and contemporary aspects of Islam in Central Asia. It shows the confessional policy of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union in Turkestan. The document proves that this policy was based on a combination of “hard” and “soft” management techniques and concludes that regional policies contributed to the transformation process in Central Asia. Furthermore, the article shows the role of Islam in regional modernization processes and the author identifies the key elements of the religious situation in the region, showing the main religious groups in the local Islamic communities. The paper notes the features of government policy in Central Asia in regard to Islam.
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Ignatenko A.A. (1988). Caliphs without caliphate. Moscow: Nauka.
Israeli R. (1995). The Islamic Republics of Central Asia and the Middle East. International Journal on Group Rights. 3(1), 31–46.
Junisbai B., Junisbai A., Zhussupov B. (2017). Two Countries, Five Years: Islam in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through the Lens of Public Opinion Surveys. Central Asian Affairs. 4(1), 1–25.
Kyrabayev N.S. (2011). Discussion: Islamic civilization in a globalizing world. Moscow: IMEMO RAS.
Litvinov V.P. (2006). Extra-regional pilgrimage the Muslims of Turkestan: era of modern time. Yelets: Yelets State University named after I.A. Bunin.
Louw M.E. (2010). Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia. Journal of Islamic Studies. 21(1), 157–162.
Louw M.E. (2010). Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia. Journal of Islamic Studies, 21(1), 157–162.
Makarenko T. (2003). Militant Islam in Central Asia and Caucasus. Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. 37–54.
Malashenko A. (2012). Central Asia: what does Russia expect? Moscow: ROSSPEN.
Mamytova E. (2000). Islamic fundamentalism and extremism in the countries of Central Asia. Central Asia and the Caucasus. 5(11), 60–71.
Matveeva A. (1999). The Threat of Islamism in post-soviet Eurasia. Central Asia and the Caucasus. 4(5): 91–99.
Mirsky G. (1998). Islam and the Nation: Middle East and Central Asia. Polis. 2, 77–82.
Morrison A. (2008). Central Asia as a part of the Russian empire. Moscow: New Literary Review.
Niyazi A. (2013). Russia – Central Asia: Islam, Politics, Integration. World Economy and International Relations. 9, 115–122.
Nurgul E. (2016). Kyrgyzstan’s Islamic reference points: role of foreign religious trends. Central Asia and the Caucasus. 16(34), 186–199.
Ro’i Y., Wainer A. (2009). Muslim identity and Islamic practice in post-Soviet Central Asia. Central Asian Survey. 28(3), 303–322.
Roy O. (2002). Globalized Islam. Moscow: Aspect Press.
Shamgunov R.G. (2004). Islamic factor in Central Asia. Bulletin of St. Petersburg University, 6(4), 87–98.
Toktamysov S.Zh., Grebenichenko S.F. (2016). Why Tashkent turn to the South? Socially-humanitarian knowledge. 4, 21–41.
Ushakov V.N. (2005). Political Islam in Central Asia: the main factors and prospects. Bishkek: Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic university.
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2020-01-25
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Kozmenko, V., Logacheva, N., Toktamysov, S., & Belanovaskaya, Y. (2020). The historical role of Islam in the public life of the Central Asian region of the CIS in the XX – XXI centuries. Amazonia Investiga, 9(25), 452-460. Retrieved from https://amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/1094
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