2. The Tourists

Ewa and Maurits travel to Kruszyniany, a quiet village on Poland’s eastern border—and the heart of the country’s Tatar heritage. What they find is part cultural revival, part tourist attraction. Over meals, mosque visits, and long conversations with local Tatars, they uncover stories of resilience, memory, and unexpected religious traditions. What does it mean to preserve identity in a place where Islam blends with local customs—and what happens when tourists become part of that story.

We ask ourselves to what extent the Islam practices of the Tatars are influenced by Catholicism, and pose this question to professor Drozd who comes with a surprising answer.

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