Islam in Post-Soviet Russia

✍ Scribed by Hilary Pilkington (editor), Galina Yemelianova (editor)

• Publisher: Routledge
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 330
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book, based on extensive original research in the field, analyses the political, social and cultural implications of the rise of Islam in post-Soviet Russia. Examining in particular the situation in Tatarstan and Dagestan, where there are large Muslim populations, the authors chart the long history of Muslim and orthodox Christian co-existence in Russia, discuss recent moves towards greater autonomy and the assertion of ethnic-religious identities which underlie such moves, and consider the actual practice of Islam at the local level, showing the differences between "official" and "unofficial" Islam, how ceremonies and rituals are actually observed (or not), how Islam is transmitted from one generation to the next, the role of Islamic thought, including that of radical sects, and Islamic views of men and women's different roles. Overall, the book demonstrates how far Islam in Russia has been extensively influenced by the Soviet and Russian multi-ethnic context.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Islam in Post-Soviet Russia: Public and Private Faces
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration
Glossary
Introduction
Part I: The Public Face of Islam
1. Islam in Russia: An Historical Perspective
2. Islam and Power
3. Official and Unofficial Islam
Part II: The Private Face of Islam
4. Islam and the Search for Identity
5. Practising Islam: Rituals, Ceremonies and the Transmission of Ethno-Islamic Values
6. Islam in Multi-Ethnic Society: Identity and Politics
7. Gender Discourses Within Russian Islam
Conclusion
Appendix: Key Events in the History of Russia and Islam
Bibliography
Index