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The terrible events afflicting Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Tajikistan fill the news, commanding the world's attention. This timely volume offers rare insight into the background of these catastrophic conflicts. First published in German on the eve of the breakup of the Yugoslav and Soviet republics, it is one of the few books in any language to analyze, in detail and in depth, the historical and contemporary situation of Muslims in former communist states and thus clarifies the sources, development, and implications of the events that dominate today's foreign news.
In fourteen chapters and an updated introduction, European and North American specialists examine the recent evolution of Islamic expression and practice in these former Communist regions, as well as its political significance within officially atheistic regimes. Representing a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, the authors detail how the modern ethno-religious situation developed and matured in hostile circumstances, the degree of latitude the local Muslims achieved in religious expression, and what prospect the future seemed to offer just before the breakup of the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Overall, the book provides a thorough analysis of the coincidence and tension between ethnic and religious identity in two countries officially devoted to the separation of ethnic groups in domestic cultural arrangements but not in the social or political realm.Contributors. Edward Allworth, Hans BrÄker, Marie Broxup, Georg Brunner, Bert G. Fragner, Uwe Halbach, Wolfgang HÖpken, Andreas Kappeler, Edward J. Lazzerini, Richard Lorenz, Alexandre Popovi´c, Sabrina Petra Ramet, Azade-Ayse Rorlich, Gerhard Simon, Tadeusz Swietochowski
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Central Asia Book Series vii
Preface to the English-Language Edition xi
Introduction / Gerhard Simon 1
The Nationalization of the Uzbeks and Tajiks / Bert G. Fragner 13
Defining the Orient: A 19th Century Russo-Tatar Polemic over Identity and Culture Representation / Edward J. Lazzerini 33
Islam and the Growth of National Identity in Soviet Azerbaijan / Tadeusz Swietochowski 46
One or More Tatar Nation? / Azade-Ayse Rorlich 61
Religious and National Signals in Secular Central Asian Drama / Edward Allworth 80
Primordial Ethnicity of Modern Nationalism: The Case of Yogoslavia's Muslims, Reconsidered / Sabrina Petra Ramet 111
Czarist Policy toward the Muslims of the Russian Empire / Andreas Kappeler 141
Soviet Policy toward Islam / Hans Braker 157
The Status of Muslims in the Federative Systems of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia / Georg Brunner 183
Yugoslavia's Communists and the Bosnian Muslims / Wolfgang Hopken 214
"Holy War" against Czarism: The Links between Sufism and Jihad in the Nineteeenth-Century Anticolonial Resistance against Russia / Uwe Halbach 251
Economic Bases of the Basmachi Movement in the Farghana Valley / Richard Lorenz 277
Political Trends in Soviet Islam after the Afghanistan War / Marie Broxup 304
Islamic Movements in Yugoslavia / Alexandre Popovic 322
Appendix: Statistical Tables and Figures 341
Notes on Contributors and Editors 353
Index 357
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Andreas Kappeler is Professor of East European History at the University of Cologne.
Gerhard Simon is Professor of Political Science at the University of Cologne.
Georg Brunner is Professor of Public Adminstration Law at the University of Cologne.
Zusammenfassung
A contribution to a debate of tribal, religious, and national identity among Muslims in former communist states.
