Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central Asia

Bellér‐Hann, Ildikó; Cesàro, M. Cristina; Finley, Joanne Smith

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“…Here, one is reminded of the prayer beads that have a conscience and wish to partake in the wider space of interaction; a space created through mutual relations. This environment is also described in an article about the religious practices of the Uyghurs of Western China, which apparently have much in common with the practices and beliefs of other Turkic Muslim groups across Central Eurasia (Bellér-Hann 2007). The author explains that for the Uyghurs, life cycle rituals that pertain to death are particularly important and in the aftermath of death "the spirits continue to actively maintain community with the living" (Bellér-Hann 2007, 133).…”

Section: Use Of Tasbihmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Talking Dead: Everyday Muslim Practice in Russia

Schmoller

2020

Nationalities Papers

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This article focusses on the issue of “traditional Islam” in Russia and the practices associated with it. Employing an approach that combines the concepts of lived religion and everyday nationalism, those practices are taken into consideration that are often interpreted in terms of vernacular Islam and regarded skeptically, if not outright rejected, by proponents of a more global Islam. Discussed in detail are commemoration ceremonies for the dead, prayers in the cemetery, saint veneration and local pilgrimage, the mawlid celebration and the use of prayer beads. These practices indicate an outlook on life, where Muslim believers cultivate a close connection to their environment and maintain personal relations to various human and more-than-human beings, thus creating the space for an exchange crossing the boundary between life and death. The article contributes to the anthropological study of Islam in Russia and—by focusing on religious practice—specifically attempts to capture the main characteristics of “traditional Islam.”

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Section: Use Of Tasbihmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Talking Dead: Everyday Muslim Practice in Russia

Schmoller

2020

Nationalities Papers

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“…Established for nine of the 14 recognized nationalities between 1935 and 1939, the cps were initially a governorate attempt to co-opt, under the auspices of the AntiImperialist League, the variety of privately sponsored schools that had been previously established among Uyghurs and Uzbeks by modernist and Islamic educators. 66 The idea to use rather than outlaw these schools reportedly came from Soviet advisors who understood that bluntly imposing unpopular Chinese or secular institutions would be counterproductive. Hence, using existing native networks was believed to be a more effective way to promote education, especially in the more recalcitrant southern portion of the province.…”

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International Aid, Frontier Securitization, and Social Engineering: Soviet–Xinjiang Development Cooperation during the Governorate of Sheng Shicai (1933–1944)

Cordier

2016

Cent Asian Aff

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This article looks into the nature and dynamics of Soviet assistance to the Governorate of Sheng Shicai, a military de facto state that existed in Xinjiang between 1933 and 1944. Besides discussing how the various forms of Soviet aid shaped the policies of the Governorate, it also examines how Sheng Shicai used the aid to pursue his desire for inclusive patriotism and social modernization into practice. The article further shows how the ussr actively supported Sheng Shicai's development policies in an urge to securitize its borderlands by abetting ideologically aligned state-building and social transformation there. Although it was done with entirely different actors, methods, and within very different political frameworks, the aid securitization and borderland control logic makes this episode a historical forerunner of the state-building and social development aid in international neo-protectorates today. Keywordshistory of international aid -quasi states -Stalinist ussr -Xinjiang -frontier securitization -Sheng Shicai …

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“…Unlike US law, for instance, which recognizes Islamic law as foreign law, PRC legislation concerning choice of law remains in its infancy. The demarcation of religious and state authority is particularly fraught with secular anxieties in the postsocialist context (Bellér‐Hann et al ; Hann ). Economic transitions after socialism may conflict with ideological bulwarks against religion in the public domain.…”

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Muslim Mandarins in Chinese Courts: Dispute Resolution, Islamic Law, and the Secular State in Northwest China

Erie¹

2015

Law soc. inq.

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Many sociolegal studies have investigated the relationship between state law and informal law, examining alternative dispute resolution and popular justice as intersections between such types of law. However, such questions have received little attention in East Asian authoritarian states. I use the case of dispute resolution among Chinese Muslim minorities (the Hui) to reexamine the relationship between state law and Islamic law. Based on nineteen months of fieldwork in Northwest China, I argue that the Hui case shows codependence between the types of law. Law is deeply embedded in social relationships between the Hui and the party‐state. An analysis of personalistic relationships shows the ways in which religious and secular authorities access each other, transforming each other's law to augment their own legitimacy, but not without the potential for violence. The China case illuminates dynamics between Muslim communities and states that are prevalent elsewhere in the post‐9/11 period.

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Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central Asia

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

The Talking Dead: Everyday Muslim Practice in Russia

The Talking Dead: Everyday Muslim Practice in Russia

International Aid, Frontier Securitization, and Social Engineering: Soviet–Xinjiang Development Cooperation during the Governorate of Sheng Shicai (1933–1944)

Muslim Mandarins in Chinese Courts: Dispute Resolution, Islamic Law, and the Secular State in Northwest China

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