From rise of Islam in Great Khorasan to Fundamentalism in Central Asia

The history of Islam in Great Khorasan and its evolutions during the past decades until the disintegration of the Soviet Union, is always been a hot topic and debatable subject for academic researches.The five Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan gained independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The rapid disintegration of the Soviet Union and the subsequent unexpected independence of Central Asian states in 1991 resulted in a renewal of nationalistic feelings and, in some quarters, a desire to re-establish a Caliphate. Some fundamentalist groups in Central Asia see the future of the region as being a Caliphate. The question arises whether adherence to Islam and its ideology in Central Asia is significantenough to be a foundation for the formation of a Caliphate. This paper proposes an answer to this question by analyzing the potential connection between fundamentalism and the revival of Islam in Central Asia.