Sheikhs, Salafis, and the State: The Evolution of Muslim Politics in Chechnya

Current discourse regarding the contemporary status of Islam in Chechnya tends toward one of two narratives. In the first, Islam becomes merely a political tool wielded in the hands of nationalists, warlords, and now the pro-Russian Chechen government seeking to unite the North Caucasian ethnic grou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haberstock, Kara Lyn
Other Authors: Barker, Adele
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/297597