Full Description
In Islamic Leadership in the European Lands of the Former Ottoman and Russian Empires the history and contemporary development of Islamic leadership in over a dozen of Eastern European countries is analysed. The studies are presented through a double prism: the institutional structures of the Muslim communities and the place of the muftiates in the current national constellations on one hand, and the dimension of the spiritual guidance emanating from the muftiates on the other. The latter includes aspects such as the muftiates' powers and role in supervision of mosques and other religious institutions, production, dissemination and control of religious knowledge and discussions on traditional and non-traditional forms of Islam engaged in by the muftiates.
This is the first comprehensive edited volume on the subject.
Contributors are: Srđan Barišić, Ayder Bulatov, Marko Hadjdinjak, Olsi Jazexhi, Memli Sh. Krasniqi, Armend Mehmeti, Dino Mujadžević, Agata S. Nalborczyk, Egdūnas Račius, Aziz Nazmi Shakir, Vitalii Shchepanskyi, Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Daša Slabčanka, Aid Smajić, Irina Vainovski-Mihai, Mykhaylo Yakubovych, and Galina Yemelianova.
Contents
List of Contributors
1 Introduction: Rationale of the Book
Antonina Zhelyazkova and Egdūnas Račius
2 Historical Retrospective on Muftiship: Muftis, State Muftis and Official Muftis
Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
Part 1
3 Ottoman and Yugoslav Legacy
Dino Mujadžević
4 Albania
Olsi Jazexhi
5 Bosnia and Hercegovina
Aid Smajić
6 Bulgaria
Aziz Shakir
7 Croatia
Dino Mujadžević
8 Kosovo
Armend Mehmeti and Memli Sh. Krasniqi
9 Romania
Irina Vainovski-Mihai
10 Serbia
Srđan Barišić
11 Slovenia
Marko Hajdinjak
Part 2
12 Islamic Leadership: The Russian and Soviet Legacy
Galina M. Yemelianova
13 Belarus
Daša Slabčanka
14 Lithuania
Egdūnas Račius
15 Poland
Agata S. Nalborczyk
16 Ukraine
Mykhaylo Yakubovych, Vitalii Shchepanskyi and Ayder Bulatov
17 Epilogue: Drawing Parallels
Egdūnas Račius and Antonina Zhelyazkova
Index
