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March 26, 2026Slavic Review

Slavic Settlers and Conversion to Islam in Russian Central Asia

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PSPaolo Sartori

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Overview

This article examines imperial officials' efforts to discredit converts to Islam in a colonial context, indicating significant cultural resistance.

Key Points

  • To analyze the strategies employed by tsarist officials against converts from Orthodoxy to Islam in Russian Central Asia.
  • Analyzed historical documents and linguistic frameworks used by colonial authorities.
  • Investigated the portrayal of converts and the motives attributed to their conversion.
  • Examined religious and cultural narratives surrounding apostasy and conversion.
  • Tsarist officials framed conversions as morally and legally illegitimate.
  • Smear campaigns were aimed at minimizing the number of successful converts.
  • The language of discrediting framed apostasy as influenced by mental deficiency or greed.

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Paolo Sartori (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c4ccc9fdc3bde4489184b1https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2026.10316
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