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.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.
Contents:
List of figures and illustrations Acknowledgments Note of transliteration Glossary Introduction Hilary Pilkington Part I The Public Face of Islam 1. Islam in Russia: An Historical Perspective Galina Yemelianova 2. Islam and Power Galina Yemelianova 3. Official and Unofficial Islam Dmitrii Makarov and Rafik Mukhametshin Part II The Private face of Islam 4. Islam and the Search for Identity Elena Omel'chenko and Gusel'Sabirova 5. Practising Islam: Rituals, Ceremonies and the Transmission of Ethno-Islamic Values Elana Omel'chenko and Gusel'Sabirova 6. Islam in Multi-Ethnic Society: identity and Politics ^ IElana Omel'chenko, Hilary Pilkington and Gusel'Sabirova 7. narratives of Gender among Russian Muslims Elana Omel'chenko and Gusel'Sabirova Conclusion Hilary Pilkington Timeline References Index
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