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Central Asian Women’s contextual politics: the case of Muslim women in Uzbekistan

verfasst von: Svetlana Peshkova

Erschienen in: Contemporary Islam | Ausgabe 3/2020

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Working toward theorizing Central Asian women’s variegated and dynamic socio-political activism, in this article, I argue that the contextual nature of their activism remains the only viable analytical generalization we can make at this time. This activism emerges always in a particular existential and relational context presenting a range of problems local activists aim to address through the means available to them, including discourses on Islam, gender, and justice. I exemplify my approach by focusing on several Muslim women activists at different levels of Uzbek society, including an individual, communal, and a societal ones. Inspired by their interpretations of Islamic duties and responsibilities, these women fostered their individual moral transformation simultaneously extending it beyond themselves toward their local communities and the government.

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As a result of the tight control of information by the government in Turkmenistan, there is a lack of materials engaging local women’s socio-political activism.

All the names of the interviewees in this article are pseudonyms.

This “Islamic State” should be created under the conditions of subordination of women to men.

The following quotes come from my interviews with Hafiza-opa in 2002 before her untimely passing in 2003, and my analysis of her writings (see Peshkova 2013).

Hizb-ut-Tahrir is a transnational social movement for about eighty years. For an example of the Hizb’s work and rhetoric in Uzbekistan see http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.info/en/index.php/leaflet/uzbekistan.html (Accessed Oct. 29, 2018). In the 2000s, this movement’s leaflets and videos circulated not only online or in Uzbekistan, but also in other central Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (e.g., Roche 2019, 122).

From here and on I use the Hizb (the Party) and Hizb-ut-Tahrir (the Party of Liberation) interchangeably.

The exact dates of the interviews and the names of the interviewees are omitted to protect their confidentiality.

“Teachers,” an English translation of the Uzbek term otinlar, plural form of the word otin, does not capture the kinds of knowledge some of these leaders possess and provide to others, and does not describe these women’s role in social change.

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Titel: Central Asian Women’s contextual politics: the case of Muslim women in Uzbekistan
verfasst von: Svetlana Peshkova
Publikationsdatum: 21.03.2020
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Contemporary Islam / Ausgabe 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1872-0218
Elektronische ISSN: 1872-0226
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11562-020-00448-w

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