Politicizing Islam in Central Asia : from the Russian Revolution to the Afghan and Syrian Jihads / Kathleen Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Kathleen, 1971- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Asia, Central--Politics and government.

Muslims.

Islam--Asia, Central--History.

Islam.

Islam and politics--Asia, Central.

Islam and politics.

Asia, Central--Politics and government.

Asia, Central.

Soviet Union--Religion.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

In 'Politicizing Islam', Kathleen Collins explores the causes, dynamics, and variation in Islamist movements - first within the USSR, and then in the post-Soviet states of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Drawing upon extensive ethnographic and historical research on Islamist mobilization across numerous post-Soviet Central Asian countries, she covers over a century and explains the strategies and relative success of each movement. Collins argues that in each case, state repression of Islam and ideology motivated and enabled Islamist mobilization.

Contents:

Cover

Politicizing Islam in Central Asia

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Figure

List of Images

List of Tables

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

Technical Note

List of Acronyms

Part I Understanding Islamism

Introduction: An Overview of Islamism in Central Asia

1: Secular Authoritarianism, Ideology, and Islamist Mobilization

Part II The USSR Politicizes Islam

2: The Russian Revolution and Muslim Mobilization

3: The Atheist State: Repressing and Politicizing Islam

4: Muslim Belief and Everyday Resistance

Part III Tajikistan

5: The Islamic Revival Party Challenges Communism

6: A Democratic Islamic Party Confronts an Extremist Secular State

7: Society and Islamist Ideas in Tajikistan

Part IV Uzbekistan

8: Seeking Justice and Purity: Islamists against Communism and Karimov

9: Making Extremists: The Uzbek Jihad Moves to Afghanistan

10: Society and Islamist Ideas in Uzbekistan

Part V Kyrgyzstan

11: Religious Liberalization and Civil Islam in Kyrgyzstan

12: Emergent Islamism in Kyrgyzstan

13: Society and Islamist Ideas in Kyrgyzstan

Part VI From Central Asia to Syria

14: Central Asians Join the Syrian Jihad

15: From Central Asia to Afghanistan, Syria, and Beyond

Appendix : Qualitative Research Method and Sources

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 26, 2023).

ISBN:

9780197685105

0197685102

9780197685082

0197685080

OCLC:

1380466420