Galina Yemelianova Bücher

The study explores the dynamics between official Islamic leadership, unofficial authorities, grassroots Muslim communities, and the state in post-Communist Eurasia. By adopting a historical lens, it offers comparative insights into these relationships as they manifest in both the Middle East and Western Europe, highlighting the unique context and evolution of Islamic authority in the region.

This fascinating study which shows how, from the seventh century to the present day, the region's people have negotiated their distinctively Central Asian Islamic identity in the face of enduring external Islamic and non- Islamic dominations, ethnic nationalisms and, more recently, global transnational Islamic influences.