Tucker, Noah. "They Might Be Muslims!? (Part 1)." Registan.net: All Central Asia, All the Time (March 13, 2009), http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/03/13/they-might-be-muslims-part-1-of-a-critique-on-the-study-of-religion-in-central-asia/%20.

Tucker critiques the contemporary scholarship on religion (including Islam) in Central Asia and the debate over the "nature" of Central Asian Islam (e.g. "real Islam" v. "Central Asian Islam").  He argues that scholarship on Islam in Central Asia should not accept or be based on the misconceived premise that "Muslim=violent fanatic." See also (Part 2).

Descriptors: 2000s, bibliographic, blog, CA studies, diversity, post-Soviet, T.