The Russian conquest of Central Asia in the 1860s and 1870s brought that region into contact with modernity, undermining the influence of traditional religios elites and practice. The Jadids, a new group of influential Muslim intellectuals, attempted to reconcile Islam wiuth modernity. Through education, literacy, and use of the Press, the Jadids sought to safeguard indigenous Islamic culture by adapting it to modern conditions. By Maintaining close ties with the ...
