Everyday Islam: Religion and Tradition in Rural Central Asia 9781315490205, 131549020X

Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present 0253348838, 9780253348838

A lively reader on the peoples and cultures of Central Asia

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Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia 0300093454

Ahmed Rashid, whose masterful account of Afghanistan's Taliban regime became required reading after September 11, t

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Encountering Buddhism and Islam in Premodern Central and South Asia 9783110631685, 9783110629163

This volume brings together a variety of historians, epigraphists, philologists, art historians and archaeologists to ad

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After Alexander : Central Asia before Islam 9780197263846, 0197263844

This new study of the history and archaeology of Central Asia is crucial for our understanding of the ancient and early

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Polymaths of Islam: Power and Networks of Knowledge in Central Asia 2020000455, 2020000456, 9781501750243, 9781501750250, 9781501750830

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Tajikistan in the New Central Asia: Geopolitics, Great Power Rivalry and Radical Islam 9780755619504, 9781845112936

Central Asia has become the battleground for the major struggles of the 21st century: radical Islam versus secularism, a

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Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia 0822961687, 9780822961680

In the post-Soviet era, democracy has made little progress in Central Asia. In Chaos, Violence, Dynasty, Eric McGlinchey

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Travels in Central Asia 9788186505021

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From Shamanism to Sufism Women, Islam and Culture in Central Asia 9780755608478, 9781848853096

Women have traditionally played a vital part in Islam throughout Central Asia - the vast area from the Caspian Sea to Si

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Transforming Tajikistan: State-building and Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia 9781350989481, 9781786733122

Tajikistan is a key state in Central Asia, and will become crucial to the regional power balance as it transitions away

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