Jihad : the rise of militant Islam in Central Asia

Rashid, Ahmed (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0142002607
Physical Description: xxx,2 unnumbered pages, 281 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
print
Publisher: New York : Penguin, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Central Asia's islamic warriors -- Islam and politics in Central Asia, past and present: Conquerors and saints, the past as present -- Islam underground in the Soviet Union -- First decade of independence -- Islamic movements in Central Asia since 1991: Islamic renaissance party and the Civil War in Tajikistan -- Hizb ut-Tahrir, reviving the Caliphate -- Namangani and the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan -- Namangani and Jihad in Central Asia -- New great game? United States, Russia and China -- Central Asia and its neighbors -- Uncertain future -- Appendix: Call to Jihad by the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan.