Communism and Islam

I got an interview with the Imam of one of the Osh mosques.  I only had a few minutes with him, because he as getting ready for Friday afternoon services (the busiest services of the week).  It's interesting--if you ask questions of an expert, you get expert answers.  I'd ask him how he personally felt about a subject, and he'd tell me what the Quran said.  The teenager who was there with him was much more interesting to talk to.

 

Several people here have explained the growing popularity of Islam in the same way they describe the Soviet party system.  It gives order.  Order is more important than anything else.