The Faceless Terrorist A Study of Critical Events in Tajikistan
How could a person portrayed as a terrorist by the Tajik state also be seen as a mujahid fighter in Islam and be a cousin all at the same time? Is this just a matter of perspective and conceptualization? To believe in the protection of concepts to safegua
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Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context Series Editors Madeleine Herren Thomas Maissen Joseph Maran Axel Michaels Barbara Mittler
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Sophie Roche
The Faceless Terrorist A Study of Critical Events in Tajikistan
Sophie Roche Social Anthropology Karl Jaspers Center for Advanced Transcultural Studies Heidelberg, Germany
ISSN 2191-656X ISSN 2191-6578 (electronic) Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context ISBN 978-3-030-03842-7 ISBN 978-3-030-03843-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03843-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018964705 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Religious students with different (Islamic) outfits, Rasht Valley, drawing by S. Roche This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgements, or the Social History of a Book
In 2010, the Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) in Berlin, Germany, hosted a project on Bukhorī’s (1996) “Tushai mujahid” (The Mujahid’s Handbook), despite “jihad” being a topic that is generally viewed with caution in social anthropology. Shortly after I started the project, a conflict erupted not far from where the Mujahid’s Handbook and other pamphlets had been found and where I planned to undertake fieldwork, catapulting the subject from mere historical research into the realm of contemporary events. At this time, I was fortunate to be at the ZMO among highly qualified colleagues working in various academic disciplines, who encouraged me to consider an interdisciplinary approach to my project: an enormous challenge to a classic ethnographer such as myself, who accor
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