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"Muslim Communities Reemerge" provides a remarkably balanced, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the intricacies and multi-layered relationship of the ex-Soviet Islamic peoples to their own history, religion, and culture as well as to their non-Muslim neighbors and fellow citizens. It forces us to rethink our own definition and understanding of contemporary nationalism and federalism, particularly as related to religion, customs, or traditional and modern values."--Marc Raeff, Bakhmeteff Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies, Columbia University
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
The terrible events afflicting Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Tajikistan filled the news, commanding the world's attention. This volume offers insight into the background of these catastrophic conflicts. It analyzes the historical and contemporary situation of Muslims in former communist states.
