This article is mostly historical tracing the golden age of Islam and the Silk Road. It does have a few paragraphs on Central Asia, mostly discussing its historical conquerors.
Comments: 2/19/10
The following quote, based on Lawton's experience in the region just after independence, is refreshing:
Even today, despite decades of religious repression under Communist rule as part of the Soviet Union, six newly independent Central Asian states - Azerbaijan, Kazakstan, Kirgizia, Tajikstan, Turkmenia and Uzbekistan - are still consciously and conscientiously Muslim. In fact, as photographer Francesco Venturi and I followed Islam's path east across these Muslim republics, we found the Islamic faith rapidly reviving under independent political leadership.Descriptors: 1990s, e-article, journalism, L, magazine, pre-Tsarist.
