Islam in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan Print
Titel:      Islam in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan
BuchID:      1053
Autor:      Madeleine Reeves, Johan Rasanayagam, Judith Beyer, Johan-Rasanayagam
ISBN-10(13):      978-1107411623
Verlag:      Cambridge Univ Pr
Seitenanzahl:      296
Sprache:      Not specified
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Bild:      cover
Beschreibung:     

The Morality of experience

The Uzbekistan government has been criticized for its brutal suppression of its Muslim population. This book, which is based on the author's intimate acquaintance with the region and several years of ethnographic research, is about how Muslims in this part of the world negotiate their religious practices despite the restraints of a stifling authoritarian regime. Fascinatingly, the book also shows how the restrictive atmosphere has actually helped shape the moral context of people's lives, and how understandings of what it means to be a Muslim emerge creatively out of lived experience.