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	Titre	Islam : how strong is it in the Soviet Union ? [Inquiry based on oral interviews with Soviet Germans repatriated from Central Asia in 1979]
	Auteur	Rasma Karklins
	Revue	Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique
	Numéro	volume 21, no 1, janvier-mars 1980
	Rubrique / Thématique	Articles
	Page	65-81
	Résumé anglais	Rasma Karklins, Islam: how strong is it in the Soviet Union? Inquiry based on oral interviews with Soviet Germans repatriated from Central Asia in 1979. The article is based on interviews with former Soviet citizens of German ethnicity who lived in the Muslim areas of the USSR until their emigration in 1979. Respondents were asked whether the local Muslims still observe their religion and traditions. Replies were overwhelmingly affirmative, which is the more remarkable since the respondents mostly lived in areas that have never been the most Islamic ones and which frequently have an ethnically mixed population. Comments and concrete illustrations of the contemporary observance of Islam in the Soviet Union are summarized and illustrated in three main sections: I. Reli gious observance, II. Islamic familial rites, and III. Social customs associated to Islam. A summary analysis in the fourth section of the article provides a ranking of the various aspects of Islam as it is observed by the Soviet Muslims today. According to this, the retention of social customs ranks lowest, religious observance takes a middle place with fasting and praying engaged in selectively, but in a manner impressive to the outside observer, and familial rites with a communal significance rank at the top. It is concluded that the continued strength of Islam in the USSR sets concrete barriers to ethnic integration in the familial and communal sphere, and, by implication, to full national integration. Source : Éditeur (via Persée)
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