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Rustamjon Urinboyev

Associate professor

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Mahalla in Uzbekistan: An Embodiment of Muslim Values of Neighbourliness and Mutual Support

Author

  • Rustam Urinboyev

Summary, in English

The main purpose of this brief reflection is to examine the relationship between (a) Muslim communal values of neighborliness, mutual support and responsibility for those living together in a defined, spacial community and b)the built environment and structures of mosques and community gathering spaces, with a focus on how the existence of such a built environment and infrastructure helps to develop, nurture, and promote Muslim communal values. The above questions will be explored with reference to the author’s ethnographic study in Uzbekistan focusing on mahalla, an indigenous Islamic community-based institution in Central Asia whose origin dates back to Central Asia’s Golden Age – the 11-12th centuries when the region was ruled by Turko-Muslim dynasties.

Department/s

  • Department of Sociology of Law

Publishing year

2024-03-18

Language

English

Publication/Series

Maydan: An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

The AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Topic

  • Law and Society
  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Status

Published

Project

  • Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia
  • Understanding Islamic Legal Culture and Migration through Ethnographic and Archival Research
  • Administrative Law Reform and Legal Integration in Hybrid Political Regimes
  • Legal Cultures and Business Environments in Central Asia
  • The Multilevel Orders of Corruption - Insights from a Post-Soviet Context
  • Migration and Legal Cultures in Post-Soviet Societies: Ethnographic Study of Uzbek Migrant Workers and Their Families
  • Living Law and Political Stability in Post-Soviet Central Asia. A Case Study of the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan