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S/S/245. Dissertation. Survival of Islam in Soviet Central Asia

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2010
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The dissertation investigates the history of Islam in the Asian republics of the Soviet Union in the periods before and after Stalin's rule reviewing Soviet atheistic propaganda and anti-Islamic policy, the damages it caused to the deep bonds of Muslim communities, the hidden forms of their resistance, the failure of Soviet government's propaganda strategy in Central Asia, the survival of Islam through the symbiosis of national identity and religion, the creation of official Islam through the Soviet foreign policy, the existence of unofficial Islam as its counterpart, etc.

 

KEYWORDS: Dissertation, Islam in Soviet Central Asia, Muslim, atheist, Stalin,

 
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