Like other Central Asian states, Uzbekistan is experiencing a rebirth of Islam. The process has been peaceful, but the government – fearing fundamentalism – is maintaining firm control over the country’s formal religious institutionsby ROGER D. KANGAS THE EMERGING ROLE OF ISLAM IS AN EVERYday fact of life in Uzbekistan. After years of state-led repression, it is now acceptable for […]

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