author | Insight Turkey https://www.insightturkey.com/ author EN authorAfter the fall of the Soviet Union, Central Asia experienced a substantial revival of Islam. Mosques were Opened and reopened, and many people began to pray regularly. Madrasas were opened to provide Islamic education. Seeing this general resurgence, some observers, particularly in the West, have expected that militant Islamic fundamentalist groups would also prosper inhttps://www.insightturkey.com/author/akiko-kurata/islam-after-communism-religion-and-politics-in-central-asiahttps://www.insightturkey.com/author/akiko-kurata/islam-after-communism-religion-and-politics-in-central-asiaFri, 21 Nov 2008 17:41:24 GMT