Tajikistan in the New Central Asia

Jonson, Lena

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“…Tajikistan is the only nation of Iranian descent in Central Asia, and multiple varied ethnic groups separated by geography and culture have existed within its borders for centuries. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Russian invasion sought to homogenize these groups, particularly Persian and Muslim culture, in favor of a cohesive identity more in line with Russian identity (Jonson 2006). As historian Lena Jonson (2006, 35) writes, "it was Soviet rule that gave the Tajiks statehood and their own geographical and political territory and reinstated the Tajik language."…”

Section: The Collapse Of the Soviet State And The Civil Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many factors led to the war (Nourzhanov and Bleuer 2013; Epkenhans 2016), including regional divisions and tensions, geopolitical turbulence around Afghanistan, and the influence of Islam (Jonson 2006) as well as youth unemployment, corruption, ethnic clashes, resurgent Islam, and a political awakening (Akiner 2001). During the end of the Soviet Union and the end of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Tajiks began to identify with the religious movement in Afghanistan.…”

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“…During the end of the Soviet Union and the end of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Tajiks began to identify with the religious movement in Afghanistan. Thousands of Tajiks fighting with the UTO admired the power of the Islamic movement in Afghanistan and its ability to self-define what it meant to be Afghan (Jonson 2006). This was a compelling narrative for the Tajiks who had suffered forced migration and religious oppression during the Soviet era.…”

Section: The Collapse Of the Soviet State And The Civil Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Issues related to refugees, military, political, and legal issues were addressed with varying degrees of success. Violence continued through the early 2000s, and the economy did not recover-by 2002, it was only 60 percent of its size in 1988 (Jonson 2006). High levels of mistrust remained between the two primary groups, and poverty, ethnic tension, warlords, and drug trafficking persisted (Akiner 2011).…”

Section: The Collapse Of the Soviet State And The Civil Warmentioning

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Expanding the Radicalization Framework: A Case Study of Tajik Migration to Russia

Vuković¹,

Boland²

2022

Asian Perspective

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The purpose of this article is to explore what explains radicalization of migrant communities and their families in their home country. Contemporary scholarship on radicalization has identified a broad range of explanatory variables, such as poverty, discrimination and/or lack of social mobility, that have the capacity to push individuals toward violence and radical beliefs. Yet, there is still a significant gap in current literature over the question why entire ethnic or national migrant groups are more represented in radical groups than others despite similar experiences. Using the case of Tajik migrants in Russia this article posits that the legacy of collective grievances and cyclical, systemic injustices, rather than a specific or personal experience of discrimination or mistreatment, are more accurate in explaining radicalization. The article pays specific attention to the role of religious or social remittances and, given a shared set of experiences, the susceptibility of the migrant's own family in the home country to the same radical ideology-despite their never leaving their country's borders. The findings suggest that the home country context, the collective account of society, is a more substantial predictor of radicalization than reception alone.

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Section: The Collapse Of the Soviet State And The Civil Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Collapse Of the Soviet State And The Civil Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Collapse Of the Soviet State And The Civil Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Collapse Of the Soviet State And The Civil Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Expanding the Radicalization Framework: A Case Study of Tajik Migration to Russia

Vuković¹,

Boland²

2022

Asian Perspective

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“…Overall, there are very few scholarly works dedicated solely to Tajikistan, and they tend to focus on geopolitical and security issues (Akiner, 2001; Djalili and Grare, 1995; Jonson, 2006; Karagiannis, 2006; Mishra, 2007). This characteristic of the literature on Central Asia is the reflection of particular ontological and epistemological positions that I will discuss in the next section.…”

Section: Rethinking the Categories Of The Secular And The Religiousmentioning

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The Secular and the Religious in Tajikistan

Thibault

2013

Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

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The increasing practice of Islam in Tajikistan in the last few years has contributed to rising social and political tensions. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Northern Tajikistan between May and October 2010, this article intends to highlight underlying religious tensions in Tajikistan, which, I argue, are the result of the emergence of conflicting voices contesting current political spaces. My intention is to revisit two concepts abundantly used in the religious literature. First, I intend to deconstruct the dichotomous relation between the state and society and try to uncover the power relations that lie behind the making, dissemination and understanding of narratives addressing the place of Islam in society. Second, I reconsider the categories of the secular and the religious by illustrating the porous character of these concepts in the Tajik context. I do so by providing accounts of local perceptions of religious politics expressed by politicians and bureaucrats, ordinary believers and representatives of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan. Finally, I argue that the coexistence of different sets of religious and secular norms reveals that the struggle for political power in Tajikistan is now increasingly articulated around religious issues.Ré sumé : L'intensification de la pratique de l'Islam au Tadjikistan depuis quelques années a contribué à l'émergence de tensions politiques et sociales marquées. Fruit d'une recherche ethnographique effectuée de mai à octobre 2010, cet article propose de mettre en lumière les tensions religieuses au Tadjikistan en défendant l'idée que ces tensions sont liées à l'apparition de voix conflictuelles contestant les espaces politiques actuels. Mon intention est de revisiter deux concepts largement utilisés dans la littéra-ture religieuse. J'entends premièrement déconstruire la relation dichotomique entre l'état et la société et dégager les relations de pouvoir qui se cachent derrière la création,

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Tajikistan

Heath-Brown¹

2015

The Statesman’s Yearbook

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