Islam and Muslims of Eastern Europe: Anamorphosis of Religious Identity

Ataullah Bogdam Kopanski is co-editor of The message International, an Islamic monthly. Before receiving political asylum in the United States in 1983, he was imprisoned in Poland for writing and lecturing against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and violation of Muslim human rights in Bulgaria, Albania, and Yugoslavia. He was an activist with the Solidarity movement and assistant professor of philosophy at the Silesian University where he received his doctorate.
Part of the World Affairs Series: Eastern Europe and the World in Transition