For the prophet and the king
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Russia occupies a unique place in the Islamic world. Its composition of more than five hundred years includes territories with the Muslim majority - other European countries have no similar experience. Today, the memory of the tragic war in Chechnya is still fresh, but in the history of Russia there were times when the state approach to the Islamic issue provided the country with internal stability. Rejecting the popular theory of the "clash of civilizations", according to which Islam inevitably comes into conflict with the culture of the West, the American historian R. Cruz seeks to explain how, over the course of the long 19th century, the Russian Empire managed to achieve the loyalty of most Muslim subjects. Based on police reports, judicial protocols, petitions, spiritual essays and other sources, the author shows what role in the history of Russia was played by the policy of religion, laid down by Catherine II. The Islamic clergy, as a rule, readily supported the authority of the imperial administration in exchange for protection from encroachments by the branches of Islam, declared heretical. In turn, officials of the empire, although not always skillfully, but performed the functions of arbitrators in disputes between Muslims. Robert Cruz is a professor at the University of Stanford, a specialist in the history of Afghanistan, Central and South Asia, Russia, Islam and global history
Author:
Author:Cruise Robert D.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Historical Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: Historia Rossica
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-1186-3
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