[DOC] [TLE] UZBEKISTAN - Human Rights Watch [PAR] The Muslim Board was the core of "official" Islam during the post-war Soviet 
period. ... systematically closed independent mosques, arguing that the buildings 
were ... The call to prayer was silenced when government officials banned the 
use of ... of the modern Uzbek state drew heavily on the Soviet project of 
secularism. [DOC] [TLE] Torture and death for Uzbek Muslims in jail - Al Jazeera English [PAR] Jan 7, 2015 ... Muslims convicted of anti-government activity are regularly tortured and often die 
in Uzbek jails [AP] ... secular government and introduce Islamic law in the ex-
Soviet nation. Two weeks later they were sentenced to 12-13 years in jail. ... "And 
see how government propagandists use such trials - they created... [DOC] [TLE] Islam in Uzbekistan - Wikipedia [PAR] Islam is by far the dominant religion in Uzbekistan, as Muslims constitute 90% of 
the population ... In Uzbekistan the end of Soviet power did not bring an upsurge 
of Islamic ... Muslims working or participating in any of these organizations were 
carefully .... By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. [DOC] [TLE] Central Asian History - Khalid: post-Soviet Islam - Hamilton College [PAR] Some crucial features of the post-Soviet Islamic revival need to be kept in mind. ... 
Public discourse does not make use of any referents to Islam; rather, Islam itself 
... At the same time, the public school system remains resolutely secular, with no 
.... The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan also issues fatwas (although these tend to be
... [DOC] [TLE] A Secular Islam: Nation, State, and Religion in Uzbekistan [PAR] also underestimates the strength of Soviet-era nation- and state-building, which 
have ... challenged these assumptions even during the Cold War,5 and some ... 
Although the nation was defined in confessional terms, its uses were entirely 
secu- lar. ... blended very easily to produce a discourse of secular Muslim 
nationalism. [DOC] [TLE] The politics of culture and the space for Islam: Soviet and post ... [PAR] What is the public space for being Muslim in Uzbekistan? ... It explores the 
conceptions of culture produced within these imaginaries and how they shape ... 
He seeks to displace Western secular modernity from its position as the .... Many 
of his neighbours were putting pressure on the family to revert back to being 
Muslim. [DOC] [TLE] Islam and Energy Security in Central Asia - Rice University's Baker ... [PAR] which secularism remains strong and the Muslim community divided, political 
Islam is ... Soviet and post-Soviet periods, these were not independent Muslim 
organizations. 3 ... the operations of American energy firms in avowedly Islamic 
countries put under ... Islam is used by groups that perceive themselves as 
exploited by... [DOC] [TLE] reclaiming islam in uzbekistan: soviet legacies and post ... - manas [PAR] Mar 9, 2000 ... An especially influential component of these legacies is the ... Muslims were not 
even part of the Human Rights movements in the former Soviet .... policies of 
Western secularism and its manifestations in America in the shape of ..... met with 
them in Namangan, offered them the use of the building and made. [DOC] [TLE] The Terrorist Notebooks | Foreign Policy [PAR] Nov 4, 2009 ... Covering topics such as the use of weapons, the making of poison, and the ... 
When the Soviet Union began to collapse, graduates of these schools played ... 
briefly took control of key government buildings in the city of Namangan. .... By 
contrast, these students learned that Uzbekistan's secular rulers were... [DOC] [TLE] Islam in the Caucasus and Central Asia [PAR] the Soviet system were revisited, assumptions regarding Islam remained ... 
context, Islam, as a system of belief, is used to legitimize popular sentiment and 
popular ... communism and secularism to create some type of Islamic system, 
perhaps .... The restoration of religious buildings in Uzbekistan as well as 
independen t. [DOC] [TLE] Kazakh Culture | Culture of Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan Embassy in USA [PAR] Kazakhstan, which officially became a full Soviet socialist republic in 1936, was 
an important .... The move to nationalize

Question: Muslims in Uzbekistan are reclaiming these buildings that were put to secular use by the Soviets
Answer: Mosques