Abstract
Many sociologists believe that people abandoned their traditional identity seek identity under the influence of fundamentalist ideologies in the era of globalization and most attracted to religious fundamentalism than ethnicity. Fundamentalist identities and movements make use of ethnic identities and ethnic influence spheres in a globalized world to provide better space for activities, such as the Taliban fundamentalist movement that relied on Pashtun, Afghan tribe, to survive against other Afghan tribes (For further information, refer to the books: Mario Diani, social movements and Castells, The Information Age). The main question in this article is: why nationalism in the era of globalization, unlike the historical background did not led to the formation of a national trend in the Central Asian countries and in contrary oriented toward radical Islam? In response to the question, it can be assumed that the phenomenon of globalization faced Central Asia countries which had serious social, economic, political, cultural and ideological problems with ethnic the nationalist identification emergence and spread. But, nationalism could not gain national orientation in these countries due to economic problems, and this time moved in the Islamic direction, making the project idea of “radical Islam” by the fundamentalist groups. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s2p128
Highlights
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the return of millions of Central Asia Muslims in the Islamic world drew the attention of many analysts
On the other hand globalization has expanded the threat of radical Islamism in the region, so that in the opinion of Russian experts, including - Alexey Malashenko: Central Asia is more Islamic than before and “Soviet man” is gradually replaced by the “Islamic people”
Nationalism could not gain national orientation in these countries due to economic problems, and this time moved in the Islamic direction, making the project idea of “radical Islam” by the fundamentalist groups
Summary
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the return of millions of Central Asia Muslims in the Islamic world drew the attention of many analysts. The return of these countries in the field of Islamic culture was to the extent that exploited as a national characteristic features in these countries. In Tajikistan, the civil war of 1992 between the Communists and the nationalist forces – increased the concerns about radical and fundamentalist Islam. These tendencies were grounded especially in the Fergana Valley and could directly involve Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan in case of intensification (Hamid Reza Azizi, “strategic view of Russia to the south”, CIS book (4, Tehran, Abrare Moaser Cultural Institute of International Studies, First Edition, April 2012)
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