Placing Faith in Tatarstan, Russia: Islam and the Negotiation of Homeland

The Republic of Tatarstan, a Muslim-majority region of the Russian Federation, is home to a post-Soviet Islamic revival now entering its third decade. Throughout the 1990s, the Tatars of Tatarstan were recognized as practicing a liberal form of Islam, reported more as an attribute of ethno-national...

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Main Author: Derrick, Matthew
Other Authors: Murphy, Alexander
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12336