Apocalypse in the Tian Shan: Or the Story of a Wasted Fatwā
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Apocalypse in the Tian Shan: Or the Story of a Wasted Fatwā
By Paolo Sartori In 1956 rumors spread in Socialist Kyrgyzstan that the apocalypse was imminent, and it would happen in the early summer of that year.[1] A date was set for this major event, and that was June 16.[2] The news caught the attention of the Council for the Affairs of Religious Cults (henceforth CARC), the institution that supervised all confessional activities in the USSR. CARC commissioners specifically monitored Muslim religiosity …
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