Religion – Central Asia Program

Online Event Tuesday, April 9, 2024 from 10:00-11:00am EDT Vassily Klimentov will be discussing his book, A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists, and Islam, published by Northern Illinois University Press…

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State-Mandated Muslimness in Kazakhstan

30 June, 2023

Author: Adilet Beisenov Adilet Beisenov is an MA candidate in the Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies program at Georgetown University. He earned his undergraduate degree at Nazarbayev University in…

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Video – What is the Current State of Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan?

18 April, 2022

A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on April 13, 2022. The Central Asia Program (CAP) hosted a timely discussion with leading officials and…

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Book Discussion—Bagila Bukharbayeva, The Vanishing Generation: Faith and Uprising in Modern Uzbekistan

23 March, 2022

By Michael Hall Bagila Bukharbayeva’s The Vanishing Generation: Faith and Uprising in Modern Uzbekistan follows the trajectory of Islamic dissidence and opposition under the rule of Uzbekistan’s dictatorial leader, Islam Karimov, from…

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To What Extent Are Minority Religious Rights Protected in the Kyrgyz Republic?

27 January, 2021

By Elmurat Ashiraliev Elmurat Ashiraliev is currently an independent researcher. He was a Visiting Fellow at the George Washington University’s Central Asia Program in Spring 2019. Prior to joining CAP,…

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Unveiling Girls’ Madrasahs in Kyrgyzstan

6 February, 2020

By Aichurek Kurmanbekova CAP Paper 228 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2020 Aichurek Kurmanbekova graduated from the Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University with a BA in Political Science (2008) and the OSCE…

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The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan. Toward a Resacralization of Public Space

4 December, 2018

The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan. Toward a Resacralization of Public Space MURAD ISMAYILOV Azerbaijan’s independence came after seven decades of militant…

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Culture and Islam in Late Central Asia (video)

26 February, 2018

15 February, 2018 Full video of the event:

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‘Bourgeois’ Islam, Prosperity Theology, and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia (video)

21 February, 2018

29 January, 2018 Full video of the event:

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Culture and Islam in Late Soviet Central Asia

12 February, 2018

By CAP CAP Paper 199, January 2018 On February 15, 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program organized a workshop on “‘Culture and Islam in Late Soviet Central Asia” in the framework…

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“Bourgeois” Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia

25 January, 2018

By CAP CAP Paper 198, January 2018 On January 29, 2018, GW’s Central Asia Program organized a workshop on “‘Bourgeois’ Islam, Prosperity Theology and Ethics in Muslim Eurasia” in the…

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Islam and the State in Central Asia – a Friedrich Ebert Foundation Report

16 November, 2017

By CAP The latest report of the Almaty club (a Central Asia Policy Group) on Islam and the State in Central Asia analyzes evolution in legislation, the secularization of Islam,…

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The Transformation of Tajikistan’s Religious Field: From Religious Moderation to Authoritarian Salafism

14 November, 2017

By Shahnoza Nozimova and Tim Epkenhans Presentation at workshop The Islamic Mediascape in Central Asia, October 2, 2017 Transcript Tim: Really sorry that I can’t be in Washington today. This is…

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Casting a Wide Net: Islamic Media in Central Asia under Atheism

7 November, 2017

By Eren Tasar

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The Islamic Mediascape in Central Asia

9 October, 2017

By CAP

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Tajikistan: Islam, Migration, and Changes

22 May, 2017

Tajikistan: Islam, Migration, and Changes In the past few years, Tajikistan’s domestic situation has been shaped by the shrinking place given to the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT). The Tajik authorities…