SPECIAL ISSUE
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Khalid Adeeb
    Un Islam laico: nazione, stato e religione in Uzbekistan
    in Nazioni e Regioni , n. 2 ,  2013 ,  111-142
    The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 engendered both hope and fear about the future of Islam in Uzbekistan (and Central Asia in general). Many Muslims from other countries hoped that, freed from the constraints of the Soviet regime, Uzbeks and other Central Asians would rediscover their religious traditions and rejoin the broader Muslim world. Other observers feared that Islam would emerge as a political force and threaten the security of the region. As the first decade of independence progressed and militant Islamist organizations appeared, fear tended to overshadow hope. The events of autumn 2001 in Afghanistan, when fighters belonging to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) played a prominent role alongside the Taliban, seemed to vindicate the darkest fears, and to justify the unremitting campaign that the regime of President Islom Karimov has waged against «religious extremism» since 1998. Full text available online download
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