{{about||the river in Nigeria|Otin River||Otín (disambiguation)}} '''Otines''' refer to the female Muslim religious scholars in Central Asia.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=br2Zx8VFelIC&q=otine%2520soviet&pg=PA252 |title=Islam in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan: The Morality of Experience |last=Rasanayagam |first=Johan |date=2010-11-08 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781139495264 |language=en}}</ref> They were regarded as the guardian of the Islamic faith in the era of Soviet Union.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nA1jDgAAQBAJ&q=Otine%2520islam&pg=PT148 |title=Lost Voices: Central Asian Women Confronting Transition |last=Corcoran-Nantes |first=Yvonne |date=2013-07-04 |publisher=Zed Books Ltd. |isbn=9781848137295 |language=en}}</ref> Otines are recognised as leaders in the local community. Their position has a high status, somewhat similar to a mullah's,<ref>{{cite journal | last = Northrop | first = Douglas | title = Subaltern Dialogues: Subversion and Resistance in Soviet Uzbek Family Law | journal = Slavic Review | volume = 60 | issue = 1 | pages = 115–139 | date = Spring 2001 | doi = 10.2307/2697646 | publisher = The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies | jstor = 2697646| s2cid = 147540996 }}</ref> and certain otines are officially recognized by their country's Muslim board{{clarify|date=February 2013}}.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Corcoran-Nantes | first = Yvonne | title = Lost Voices: Central Asian Women Confronting Transition | place = London, New York | publisher = Zed Books | year = 2005 | page = [https://archive.org/details/lostvoicescentra0000corc/page/141 141] | url = https://archive.org/details/lostvoicescentra0000corc | url-access = registration | isbn = 1-84277-537-5 }}</ref> Otines also serve as teachers at religious schools for girls.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Kamp | first = Marianne R. | title = Three Lives of Saodat: Communist, Uzbek, Survivor | journal = The Oral History Review | volume = 28 | issue = 2 | pages = 21–58 | date = Summer–Autumn 2001 | doi = 10.1525/ohr.2001.28.2.21| s2cid = 154878776 }}</ref>
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==Further reading== * Fathi, Habiba. (March 1997). "Otines: The unknown women clerics of Central Asian Islam". ''Central Asian Survey'' '''16''' (1): 27–43. oTIN
Category:Islam in Central Asia Category:Islamic honorifics Category:Female Islamic religious leaders
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