Muslims in Eastern Europe

Muslims in Eastern Europe
ISBN-10
1474415806
ISBN-13
9781474415804
Category
Social Science
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
2017-12-20
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Author
Egdūnas Račius

Description

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 practiced by them. The reader is shows a picture of the general trends common 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).

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