Title Information
Title
The New Political Islam in Central Asia: From Radicalism to the Ballot Box?
Name: Personal
Name Part
Karagiannis, Emmanuel
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
author
Type of Resource
text
Genre (aat)
articles
Origin Information
Date Created (encoding="w3cdtf", keyDate="yes")
2012
Language (usage="primary")
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Physical Description
digitalOrigin
born digital
Extent
pp. 71-82
Related Item: Host
Title Information
Title
Brown Journal of World Affairs
Identifier: ISSN
1080-0786
Part
Part Detail: volume
Part Number
19
Part Caption
no.
Part Detail: issue
Part Number
1
Part Caption
no.
Extent (unit="page")
Start
71
End
82
Abstract (lang="eng")
The article describes how Central Asian leaderships maintained a dichotomous policy vis-a-vis the Muslim faith which tried to nationalize and ethnicize Islam while promoting secularism. It refers to Central Asia as one of the most isolated Muslim-populated regions in the world for 70 years that opened up to the greater Muslim world and experienced an unprecedented revival after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. It notes how the founding fathers of Central Asian republics used Islam to close their grip on power. It indicates the emergence of a new political movement in Central Asia that adopted an ideological synthesis of Western liberalism and Islamism.
Identifier: DOI
10.26300/xscv-sf53