Preserving Islamic tradition : Abū Nasr Qūrsāwī and the beginnings of modern reformism /

The end of the eighteenth century was a transformational period for the Muslim communities in the Russian Empire and their relationship with the tsarist state. One of the major figures to emerge out of this context was the reformer Abu Nasr Qursawi (1776-1812). A controversial religious scholar, he...

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