Islam and the Secular State in Uzbekistan
From Religion to State Doctrine
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Abstract
Uzbekistan’s political leadership has revalued the country's Islamic heritage under President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. It uses this legacy to represent the state and has strengthened state influence over the religious knowledge taught in educational and research institutions. Islam is being secularized, scientised, and musealised. At the same time, an Islamization of society is taking place from below. The state has little influence on this. Should Islamic milieus seriously challenge the secular state, however, the latter will react with repression, as in previous years.
(Osteuropa 8-10/2024, pp. 133–146)