Giovarelli, Renee and Cholpon Akmatova. "Local Institutions that Enforce Customary Law in the Kyrgyz Republic: And their Impact on Women’s Rights." Agriculture & Rural Development e-Paper (March 2002).
Giovarelli and Akmatova's article is one of the few that discuss the state aksakal courts in Kyrgyzstan. It also briefly mentions otins and briefly reviews Uzbek mahallas in Southern Kyrgyzstan. It hints that Uzbeks may use Islamic law / norms to resolve disputes and that Uzbeks may prefer to resolve their disputes through non-state elders in the mahalla rather than through the state aksakal court system.
Descriptors: 2000s, A, ACTORS, dispute resolution, e-article, G, interview, Islamic law, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, law, oqsoqols, post-Soviet, women. Cross References: Hanks 1999.
Dupree, Louis. "Uzbek (Afghanistan)." In Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey, edited by Richard V. Weekes, 464-469. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.
Dupree briefly describes the animals, diet (including kumis), social structure, housing, and sports of the Uzbeks in Afghanistan during Soviet times. He could have said more about the religious practice of these Uzbeks. (cf Montgomery)
Dupree briefly describes the animals, diet (including kumis), social structure, housing, and sports of the Uzbeks in Afghanistan during Soviet times. He could have said more about the religious practice of these Uzbeks. (cf Montgomery)
Sarykhanov, Nurmurat. "The Book." In Against the Desert: Stories by Writers of Soviet Turkmenia. Translated by Fainna Glagoleva, 7-27. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1960.
Sarykhanov's short story is about a man in Turkmenistan during Tsarist and Soviet times who after hearing a mullah recite from a book purchased it for the price of his only camel. He is chastised by his wife and neighbors for making such a "poor" trade, but after his son learns to read, all agree that he made a good trade. The book he purchased was a work of "Makhtum Kuli, who laid the foundation of all Turkmenian classical literature" (p. 27). Makhtum Kuli was also a Sufi. This story shows not just the lack of Islamic literature among the nomadic people of Central Asia, but also a deep appreciation for such literature when it is available. Descriptors: 1960s, chapter, G, literature, S, short story, Soviet, translation, Turkmenistan
Sarykhanov's short story is about a man in Turkmenistan during Tsarist and Soviet times who after hearing a mullah recite from a book purchased it for the price of his only camel. He is chastised by his wife and neighbors for making such a "poor" trade, but after his son learns to read, all agree that he made a good trade. The book he purchased was a work of "Makhtum Kuli, who laid the foundation of all Turkmenian classical literature" (p. 27). Makhtum Kuli was also a Sufi. This story shows not just the lack of Islamic literature among the nomadic people of Central Asia, but also a deep appreciation for such literature when it is available. Descriptors: 1960s, chapter, G, literature, S, short story, Soviet, translation, Turkmenistan
Mote, Victor L. "Karakalpak." In Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey, edited by Richard V. Weekes, 201-205. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.
This chapter briefly attempts to describe the origins of Karakalpaks. It argues that the condition of Karakalpak women during Soviet times was relatively better than among other ethnic groups in the region, for example with regard to the veil. It also shows that some Karakalpaks in Soviet times were still semi-nomadic.
This chapter briefly attempts to describe the origins of Karakalpaks. It argues that the condition of Karakalpak women during Soviet times was relatively better than among other ethnic groups in the region, for example with regard to the veil. It also shows that some Karakalpaks in Soviet times were still semi-nomadic.
Fuller, Graham E. and Jonathan N. Lipman. "Islam in Xinjiang." In Xinjiang: China’s Muslim Borderland, edited by S. Frederick Starr, 320-352. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2004
Fuller and Lipman's chapter is a summary of Islam in contemporary western China. Descriptors: 2000s, chapter, China, F, history, L, overview, post-Soviet, Xinjiang
Fuller and Lipman's chapter is a summary of Islam in contemporary western China. Descriptors: 2000s, chapter, China, F, history, L, overview, post-Soviet, Xinjiang
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