“Sovereign” Islam and Tatar “Aqīdah”: normative religious narratives and grassroots criticism amongst Tatarstan’s Muslims

“Traditional Islam” has emerged in the post-Soviet Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) as a powerful if contentious discursive trope. In this paper, I look at traditional Islam and its conceptual twin, “non-traditional Islam”, as normative governmental tools aimed at defining acceptable or un...

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Main Author: Benussi, Matteo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2020
In: Contemporary Islam
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 111-134
Further subjects:B Grassroots criticism
B Islam in Russia
B Civil society after socialism
B State-Muslim relations in Russia
B Post-soviet Tatarstan
B Traditional Islam
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