Radical Islam in the former Soviet Union / edited by Galina Yemelianova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yemelianova, Galina M., 1960-

Series:

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 18.

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic fundamentalism--Former Soviet republics.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islam and politics--Former Soviet republics.

Islam and politics.

Physical Description:

xviii, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, New York :. Routledge, 2010.

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive and comparative examination of Islamic radicalisation in the Muslim regions of the former Soviet Union since the end of communism. Since the 1990s, the ex-Soviet Muslim Volga-Urals, Caucasus and Central Asia have been among the most volatile and dynamic zones of Islamic radicalisation in the Islamic East. Although partially driven by a wider Islamic resurgence which began in the late 1970s in the Middle East, the book argues that radicalisation is a post-Soviet phenomenon triggered by the collapse of communism, and the break-up of the de facto unitary Soviet empire

The book considers the considerable differences in perceptions and manifestations of radical Islam in the republics, as well as the level of its doctrinal and political impact. It demonstrates how the particular histories of the regions' Muslim peoples - especially the length and depth of their Islamisation - have Influenced the nature and scope of their radicalization. Other significant factors include the mobilising power of the global jihadist network, and most significantly the level of social and economic hardship

Based on extensive empirical research including interviews with leading members of the political and religious elite, the Islamist opposition as well as ordinary Muslims, the book reveals how unofficial radical Islam has turned into a potent ideology of social mobilisation. lt identifies the different dynamics at work and how these relate to each other, assesses the level of foreign involvement, and evaluates the implications of the rise of Islamic radicalism for particular post-Soviet states, post-Soviet Eurasia and the wider international community. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Islamic radicalisation: a post-Soviet, or a global phenomenon? / Galina Yemelianova Yemelianova, Galina 11

2 Islamic discourse in the Volga-Urals region / Rafik Mukhametshin Mukhametshin, Rafik 31

3 Islam and politics in Chechniia and Ingushetiia / Vahit Akaev Akaev, Vahit 62

4 Islam and Islamic radicalism in Dagestan / Kaflan Khanbabaev Khanbabaev, Kaflan 82

5 Islam and ethno-nationalism in the north-western Caucasus / Domitilla Sagramoso Sagramoso, Domitilla, Galina Yemelianova Yemelianova, Galina 112

6 Islamic revival and Islamic activism in post-Soviet Azerbaijan / Rufat Sattarov Sattarov, Rufat 146

7 Islam and Islamism in the Ferghana valley / Zumrat Salmorbekova Salmorbekova, Zumrat, Galina Yemelianova Yemelianova, Galina 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-268) and index.

ISBN:

9780415421744

0415421748

9780203862988

0203862988

OCLC:

403867911