Muslims in Eastern Europe

Egdūnas Račius

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2017

Muslims in Eastern Europe

Egdūnas Račius

In the series The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474415804

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Introduces the centuries-old history of Muslim communities in Eastern Europe

The history and contemporary situation of Muslim communities in Eastern Europe are explored here from three angles. First, survival, telling of the resilience of these Muslim communities in the face of often restrictive state policies and hostile social environments, especially during the Communist period. Next, their subsequent revival in the aftermath of the Cold War, and last, transformation, looking at the profound changes currently taking place in the demographic composition of the communities and in the forms of Islam practised by them. The reader is shown a picture of the general trends common to the Muslim communities of Eastern Europe, and the special characteristics of clusters of states, such as the Baltics, the Balkans, the Višegrad states, and the European states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Key Features

Places Muslim communities of Eastern Europe within their historical and pan-European context, establishing them as belonging in and to Europe
Provides an overview of the history and current trends in Muslim communities in 21 post-Communist Eastern European countries
Analyses the situation of Muslim communities in Eastern Europe on a country-cluster basis (North-Eastern Europe: Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Moldova; the successor states of Yugoslavia: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia; South-Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania; Central Europe: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Provides an overview of the emerging trends in conversion to Islam among Eastern Europeans

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of tables, boxes and maps Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Glossary of Islamic terms Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Foreword and acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1 Autochthonous Islam of Eastern Europe – populations, practices, institutions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Historical overview Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3 North-eastern Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4 Successor states of Yugoslavia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
5 South-eastern Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
6 Central Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
7 Islam in Eastern Europe, Eastern European Islam: new faces, new challenges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
8 Considering the other side Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 200
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: December 20, 2017
ISBN: 9781474415804