Islamic leadership in the European lands of the former Ottoman and Russian Empires : legacy, challenges and change / edited by Egdūnas Račius Antonina Zhelyazkova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Račius, Egdūnas.

Zheli͡azkova, Antonina.

Series:

Muslim Minorities 23.

Muslim minorities ; v. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muftis (Muslim officials).

Muslims--Non-Islamic countries.

Muslims.

Islamic law--Non-Islamic countries.

Islamic law.

Islam and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

In Islamic Leadership in the European Lands of the Former Ottoman and Russian Empires the history and contemporary development of Islamic leadership in over a dozen of Eastern European countries is analysed. The studies are presented through a double prism: the institutional structures of the Muslim communities and the place of the muftiates in the current national constellations on one hand, and the dimension of the spiritual guidance emanating from the muftiates on the other. The latter includes aspects such as the muftiates’ powers and role in supervision of mosques and other religious institutions, production, dissemination and control of religious knowledge and discussions on traditional and non-traditional forms of Islam engaged in by the muftiates. This is the first comprehensive edited volume on the subject. Contributors are: Srđan Barišić, Ayder Bulatov, Marko Hadjdinjak, Olsi Jazexhi, Memli Sh. Krasniqi, Armend Mehmeti, Dino Mujadžević, Agata S. Nalborczyk, Egdūnas Račius, Aziz Nazmi Shakir, Vitalii Shchepanskyi, Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Daša Slabčanka, Aid Smajić, Irina Vainovski-Mihai, Mykhaylo Yakubovych, and Galina Yemelianova.

Contents:

Introduction: Rationale of the Book / Antonina Zhelyazkova and Egdūnas Račius

Historical Retrospective on Muftiship: Muftis, State Muftis and Official Muftis / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen

Part 1

Ottoman and Yugoslav Legacy / Dino Mujadžević

Albania / Olsi Jazexhi

Bosnia and Hercegovina / Aid Smajić

Bulgaria / Aziz Shakir

Croatia / Dino Mujadžević

Kosovo / Armend Mehmeti and Memli Sh. Krasniqi

Romania / Irina Vainovski-Mihai

Serbia / Srđan Barišić

Slovenia / Marko Hajdinjak

Part 2

Islamic Leadership: The Russian and Soviet Legacy / Galina M. Yemelianova

Belarus / Daša Slabčanka

Lithuania / Egdūnas Račius

Poland / Agata S. Nalborczyk

Ukraine / Mykhaylo Yakubovych , Vitalii Shchepanskyi and Ayder Bulatov

Epilogue: Drawing Parallels / Egdūnas Račius and Antonina Zhelyazkova.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

90-04-35268-6

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004352681 DOI