TY - GEN AB - 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. AU - Tasar, Eren, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - BP63.A34 ID - 808691 KW - Islam KW - Islam LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190652104.001.0001 N2 - 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. SN - 9780190652135 T1 - Soviet and Muslim :the institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia, 1943-1991 / TI - Soviet and Muslim :the institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia, 1943-1991 / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190652104.001.0001 ER -