the institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia, 1943-1991 /
Eren Tasar.
New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2017]
1 online resource (xx, 409 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
World War II and Islamically informed Soviet patriotism -- Institutionalizing Soviet Islam, 1944-1958 -- SADUM's new ambitions, 1943-1958 -- The anti-religious campaign, 1959-1964 -- The muftiate on the international stage -- The Brezhnev Era and its aftermath, 1965-1989.
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Long associated with its aggressive promotion of atheism, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union adopted a nuanced, flexible, and often contradictory approach toward Islam in the USSR's largest Muslim region, Central Asia. 'Soviet and Muslim' demonstrates how the Soviet state unwittingly set in motion a process of institutionalization during World War II that culminated in a permanent space for Islam in a society ruled by atheists.
Soviet and Muslim.
9780190652104
Islam-- Asia, Central-- History.
Islam-- Russia (Federation)-- History.
Islam.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Advocacy.