1. Soviet Religious Policy and its Implementation -- 2. The Dimensions of Islam -- 3. The Four Spiritual Directorates -- 4. The Registered Mosques and Clergy -- 5. Unregistered Activity -- 6. The Sufi Orders and the Sects -- 7. The Sociology of Soviet Islam -- 8. Rites and Rituals: the Yearly Cycle -- 9. Rites and Rituals: The Family and the Individual -- 10. Official Policy -- 11. The Local Organs of Government -- 12. Islam and Nationalism.
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"The fruit of many years' research, this book is the most detailed historical study of Islam under post-war Soviet Communism yet published, and the first to be based largely on official Soviet archive material. Ro'i describes and analyses all aspects of Islam which relate to the Soviet domestic scene, with the purpose of demonstrating how and why it survived in the face of Soviet repression and secularization." "The first part deals with establishment Islam - the four spiritual directorates, the registered prayer houses and religious personnel. The second focuses on unofficial Islam: those groups and personnel which operated without any official registration. The third surveys Islamic practice and the observation of fasts, festivals and rites of passage. The final part is devoted to the political: regime policy, its implementation in different regions, and the implications of Islam's survival for the national consciousness of Muslim ethnicities."--Jacket.