Muslims of Post-Communist Eurasia

Galina M. Yemelianova is a Research Associate in the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus at SOAS University of London, UK. She serves on the editorial boards of the Caucasus Survey and Oriens and the National Advisory Board of Europe-Asia Studies.Egdūnas Račius is a Professor in the Department of Area Studies and the Department of Cultural Studies at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Muslims in Europe and the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe.

• PrefaceGalina M. Yemelianova and Egdūnas Račius Part I: Institutionalized Islam and State-Muslims Relations 1 The Many Faces of Islam in Post-Communist EuraisaGalina M. Yemelianova and Egdūnas Račius 2 Muftis of Central Asia Galina M.Yemelianova 3 Religious Policy and ‘Unholy Ideologies’: The Root Causes of Islamic Radicalisation in Kazakhstan Nodar Karimov 4 State Policies toward Islam in the Early Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods in Azerbaijan: A Comparative Analysis Altay Goyushov5 Religious Self-Legitimation, Indoctrination and Pacification: Efforts of the Chechen GovernmentMarat Iliyasov6 Administration of Islam in Russia: The Case of TatarstanRenat Bekkin 7 The Plurality of Islamic Officialdom and Public Islam in Ukraine Oleg Yarosh8 Institutional Dynamics in Islamic Community and State-Muslim Relations in Lithuania Egdūnas Račius 9 Muslim Authorities and Institutions in HungaryDániel Vékony10 Restoring the House Rules: Governing Religious Pluralism in Bosnia and Herzegovina after 1990 Zora Hesova Part II: Muslim communities between tradition and innovation11 Turkish Islamic influences in Central Asia and the Caucasus since the end of the Soviet UnionBayram Balci12 Islamic Revivalism and Women in Kyrgyzstan: The Case of the Tablighi Jamaat Kishimjan Eshenkulova13 Social Status and Religious Role of Muhammad Sharif al-Bulghari’s Descendants in Contemporary UzbekistanIgor Pankov14 Many Faces of Islam in Post-Soviet Georgia - Faith, Identity and PoliticsSophie Zviadadze15 Islamic Traditionalism versus Salafi Islam: The Case of Kabardino-Balkaria Galina M. Yemelianova and Svetlana I. Akkieva16 Polish Female Converts to Islam and the Islamic Leadership in Poland Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska, Michał Łyszczarz, Joanna Krotofil17 The revival of The Revival of a Madrasa Tradition in Post-Communist Romania: The Case of Dobruja Adriana Cupcea18 Muslim Identities in Post-Communist Bulgaria: Turks and TatarsEvlogi StanchevIndex