Radical Islam in the Former Soviet Union (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series)

With Islamic radicalisation a critical issue in post 9/11 global politics, this book provides a timely examination of Islamic radicalisation in the Muslim republics of the former Soviet Union since the end of Communism.Since the 1990s the ex-Soviet Muslim Volga-Urals, Caucasus and Central Asia have been among the most volatile and dynamic zones of Islamic radicalisation in the Islamic East. This book argues that this has arisen since the collapse of Communism, and shows that it has been aggravated by the weakness of the local institutions of civil society which facilitated the formation of ineffective and corrupt regimes, and the re-integration of ex-Soviet Muslims within the wider Islamic world. In the conditions of the post-Communist ideological confusion and the passivity and complacency of the official Muslim clergy, unofficial radical Islam has turned into a potent ideology of social mobilisation.Written by a well known authority in this field, the book analyzes the sources and social base of Islamic radicalisation in the region, and:- identifies the different dynamics at work and how these relate to each other- assesses the level of foreign involvement- evaluates the implications of the rise of Islamic radicalism for particular post-Soviet states, post-Soviet Eurasia and the wider international community.Yemelianova, Galina M. is the author of 'Radical Islam in the Former Soviet Union (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series)', published 2010 under ISBN 9780415421744 and ISBN 0415421748.