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Jadids vs Qadims: The Battle for Uzbekistan's Soul
In the early 1900s, a cultural war erupted in Turkestan between Jadid reformers, who wanted to modernize Islam and education, and Qadim traditionalists, who saw change as a threat. This episode zooms in on the Jadid-Qadim conflict, a bitter struggle that shaped Uzbekistan's path to modernity. We meet Mahmudhoja Behbudiy, the Jadid firebrand who toured the Ottoman Empire and brought back the idea of usul-i jadid — the new method — teaching geography and history alongside the Quran. And we explore the Qadim response: fatwas, riots, and the assassination of a Jadid teacher in Kokand. By the…
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