Publikace na Fakulta sociálních věd |
2016
Abstrakt
While the scholarship on Islam in the Caucasus has focused on the religious revival in the late Soviet period-the rise of Salafi jihadism and religious radicalisation in the northern part of that strategic crossroads-no study to date has addressed the discursive struggle over the social functions of Islam in the region. This article deconstructs various discourses in order to examine the extremely varied, and often conflicting, representations of Islam advocated by various actors across the region and within particular republics.
The article highlights the contested functions of Islam in the region against the background of a religious revival that is still a work in progress.