religion – Central Asia Program

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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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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Desecularization Post-Soviet Style: Delimitations of New Religious Public Space in Central Asia

30 September, 2020

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Bottom-up Secularism in the Top-down States of Eurasia

30 September, 2020

with John Schoeberlein, Nazarbayev University The resurgence of religion in the post-Soviet space has been accompanied by heightened appeals to secularism as a social and political order. Most research on secularism in Eurasian…

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Islam and Politics in Tajikistan: An Insider’s View

30 September, 2020

with Muhiddin Kabiri, Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan Muhiddin Kabiri, Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, will discuss the current situation in Tajikistan including the preparation for the…

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Iranian Religious Presence in the Republic of Azerbaijan: Roots, Forms and Security Implications

30 September, 2020

with Fuad Aliyev Fulbright Scholar at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University Iranian religious influence in Azerbaijan has recently become a ‘hot’ topic. However, there is…

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Religion and Identity in Eurasia

30 September, 2020

This seminar will explore how religion articulates itself both through localized identities, based on community belonging, ethnic or national references, and with globalized identities (the Ummah, some transnational brotherhoods, proselytizing…

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Tracking Factors of Change in Tajikistan

30 September, 2020

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Religion, State and Secularism in Eurasia… and Beyond

30 September, 2020

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Politics, Religion, and Conflict Online in Central Asia

30 September, 2020

Noah Tucker (Registan.net, and CAP associate) Sarah Kendzior (Al Jazeera and CAP associate) Courtney Ranson (Media research consultant) The Internet and social media are slowly beginning to revolutionize the Islamic…

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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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Multimodal Salafi Engagement with Digital Media in Azerbaijan

15 August, 2017

By Kamal Gasimov

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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…