Soviet and Muslim : the institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia, 1943-1991 / Eren Tasar.

9780190652135 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

English

1 online resource : illustrations.

BP63.A34 T37 2017

322.109580904

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.

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.

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