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The Islamic Threat to the Soviet State

Book Category
Compititive Exam Preparation
Author
Dr. Safdar Parvez
Publisher
Services Book Club
Address

Rawalpindi Pakistan
Publisher Phone
64108-66907    

Book Review

In recent years the Islamic population of the Soviet Union has become a serious threat to the political cohesion of the USSR. In the wake of Islamic fundamentalist revival in Iran, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Gulf, it is argued that the Muslims within the soviet empire may try to weaken the dominance of Moscow and Marxist Leninist ideology. Certainly the demographic trends amongst Soviet Muslims indicate that before long they will constitute the largest religious group within the USSR. This book traces the historical and cultural development of the soviet Muslim population. Going back to the Mongol Empire and the Russian conquest of Muslim lands under the tsars, it demonstrates how the present Soviet Islamic culture has emerged. It also examines how Soviet Muslim interact with the Muslim world abroad and how soviet Muftis have been used as ambassadors of the USSR in Muslim countries.