Around the Bloc: Uzbek Female Mullahs Make Comeback
Around the Bloc: Uzbek Female Mullahs Make Comeback
Author(s): Shuhratjon KhurramovSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Civil Society, Theology and Religion, Islam studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: Uzbekistan; Muslims; women; mullahs
Summary/Abstract: Uzbekistan is one of the few Muslim countries where female Islamic teachers, known as otins, play an important religious role.
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 12/08
- Page Range: 29-32
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
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