Islam in Russia: Historical Facts and Modern Developments

Two decades have passed since the lifting of the ‘Iron Curtain’, an ideological boundary erected by the Soviet Union to seal itself off from the rest of the world from 1945 to 1990. Yet, the subject of Islam in Russia and especially the history of Islam on Russian soil continues to be one of the les...

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Main Author: Akhmetova, Elmira
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Language:English
Published: IAIS Malaysia 2013
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/56171/1/Islam%20in%20Russia%20monograph%20text.pdf
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description Two decades have passed since the lifting of the ‘Iron Curtain’, an ideological boundary erected by the Soviet Union to seal itself off from the rest of the world from 1945 to 1990. Yet, the subject of Islam in Russia and especially the history of Islam on Russian soil continues to be one of the less studied topics in international scholarship. Accordingly, the present work is a response to the existing information and literature deficiency on the subject of Islam in Russia. It gives a brief introduction to Islam in contemporary Russia.
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spelling iium-561712020-01-10T02:34:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56171/ Islam in Russia: Historical Facts and Modern Developments Akhmetova, Elmira BP173.6 Islam and the state BP173.66 Islam and freedom of speech BP173.7 Islam and politics BP174 The Practice of Islam BP188 Islamic religious life DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics Two decades have passed since the lifting of the ‘Iron Curtain’, an ideological boundary erected by the Soviet Union to seal itself off from the rest of the world from 1945 to 1990. Yet, the subject of Islam in Russia and especially the history of Islam on Russian soil continues to be one of the less studied topics in international scholarship. Accordingly, the present work is a response to the existing information and literature deficiency on the subject of Islam in Russia. It gives a brief introduction to Islam in contemporary Russia. IAIS Malaysia 2013-12-01 Book NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56171/1/Islam%20in%20Russia%20monograph%20text.pdf Akhmetova, Elmira (2013) Islam in Russia: Historical Facts and Modern Developments. IAIS Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. ISBN 978-967-10065-7-3
spellingShingle BP173.6 Islam and the state
BP173.66 Islam and freedom of speech
BP173.7 Islam and politics
BP174 The Practice of Islam
BP188 Islamic religious life
DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
Akhmetova, Elmira
Islam in Russia: Historical Facts and Modern Developments
title Islam in Russia: Historical Facts and Modern Developments
title_full Islam in Russia: Historical Facts and Modern Developments
title_fullStr Islam in Russia: Historical Facts and Modern Developments
title_full_unstemmed Islam in Russia: Historical Facts and Modern Developments
title_short Islam in Russia: Historical Facts and Modern Developments
title_sort islam in russia: historical facts and modern developments
topic BP173.6 Islam and the state
BP173.66 Islam and freedom of speech
BP173.7 Islam and politics
BP174 The Practice of Islam
BP188 Islamic religious life
DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/56171/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/56171/1/Islam%20in%20Russia%20monograph%20text.pdf