Islam and the development of democratic opposition in central Asia

• Main Author: Akhmetova, Elmira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia 2018
• Subjects: BP173.44 Human Rights In Islam; BP173.6 Islam and the state; BP173.7 Islam and politics; JF2011 Political parties; JF331 Parliamentary government; JF799 Political rights. Political participation; JQ1758 Public Administration -Religious Aspects - Islam; JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/67255/1/67255_ISLAM%20AND%20THE%20DEVELOPMENT%20OF%20DEMOCRATIC.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/67255/; https://www.icrjournal.org/icr/index.php/icr

This article provides a brief study of democracy in the five Central Asian countries, i.e. Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. It suggests that the expected democratisation of Central Asia failed to occur due to the region’s internal conditions, which can be termed t...