Frontline S4E24 · Comrades V: Master of Samarkand

Frontline

Season 4 · Episode 24 · Comrades V: Master of Samarkand

Abdugaffar Khakkulov is a master craftsman of Uzbek heritage who for 35 years has been restoring the great Islamic mosques in Samarkand. Frontline examines daily life in a Muslim community and explores the uneasy relationship between Islamic faith and Soviet power.