Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/HWoBFMd Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia By: Maria Elisabeth Louw Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415491723, 041549172X eText ISBN: 9781134125197, 1134125194 Edition: 1st Pages: 224 Copyright year: 2007 Format: EPUB Available from $ 23.98 USD SKU 9781134125197R90 Providing a wealth of empirical research on the everyday practise of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, this book gives a detailed account of how Islam is understood and practised among ordinary Muslims in the region, focusing in particular on Uzbekistan. It shows how individuals negotiate understandings of Islam as an important marker for identity, grounding for morality and as a tool for everyday problem-solving in the economically harsh, socially insecure and politically tense atmosphere of present-day Uzbekistan. Presenting a detailed case-study of the city of Bukhara that focuses upon the local forms of Sufism and saint veneration, the book shows how Islam facilitates the pursuit of more modest goals of agency and belonging, as opposed to the utopian illusions of fundamentalist Muslim doctrines. Additional ISBNs 9781280848094, 9780415413169, 128084809X, 0415413168
