For Prophet and Tsar Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia

Name: For Prophet and Tsar Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia
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ISBN: 9780674032231

ISBN-10: 0674032233

ISBN-13: 9780674032231

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert D. Crews, Richard D. Crews

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Russia occupies a unique position in the Muslim world. Unlike any other non-Islamic state, it has ruled Muslim populations for over five hundred years. Though Russia today is plagued by its unrelenting war in Chechnya, Russia's approach toward Islam once yielded stability. In stark contrast to the popular "clash of civilizations" theory that sees Islam inevitably in conflict with the West, Robert D. Crews reveals the remarkable ways in which Russia constructed an empire with broad Muslim support.In the eighteenth century, Catherine the Great inaugurated a policy of religious toleration that made Islam an essential pillar of Orthodox Russia. For ensuing generations, tsars and their police…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 5/31/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Robert D. Crews is Associate Professor of History at Stanford University.



Note on Transliteration and Spelling


Introduction



A Church for Islam



The State in the Mosque



An Imperial Family



Nomads into Muslims



Civilizing Turkestan



Heretics, Citizens, and Revolutionaries


Epilogue


Abbreviations


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index