Protected and Controlled. Islam and ‘Desecularisation from Above’ in Russia

Aitamurto, Kaarina

doi:10.1080/09668136.2015.1119250

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“…In recent years, Russia's political elite, and several local level authorities and courts have taken a negative stance towards issues such as the right to wear a hijab in schools (Laruelle and Yudina 2018, 56-59). Proposals to build new mosques are increasingly rejected by the authorities (Aitamurto 2016). At the same time, the power of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has strengthened and it has greater influence on the policy decisions concerning religion, both locally and nationally.…”

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Discussions about indigenous, national and transnational Islam in Russia

Aitamurto

2019

Religion, State and Society

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Transnational Islam is increasingly presented in the Russian political rhetoric as a security threat. Therefore, Russian politicians and authorities attempt to support indigenous or national forms of Islam. Similar policies are implemented in several western European countries. Yet they tend to disregard the heterogeneity of the Muslim community, they create exclusions and they are often conceived as imposing outside evaluations and interpretations on Islam. This contribution analyses initiatives intended to develop a national Islam in post-Soviet Russia. While the aims, methods and problems in different countries are often quite similar, the values and norms underlying these initiatives vary and reflect the societies from which they emerge. This contribution argues that since the 1990s, the changes in the political line of the Kremlin have impacted the project for a 'national' Islam by placing less emphasis on liberal values and more emphasis on adherence to loyalism and political conservatism.

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Discussions about indigenous, national and transnational Islam in Russia

Aitamurto

2019

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Muslim Orders in Russia: Trade Networks andHijamaHealing

Turaeva

2020

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Abstract This article sheds light on the informal institutional settings that guide the social and economic lives of Muslim migrants in Moscow. Mosques and medresses (Muslim theological schools) serve as central locations from which these institutions emanate, evolve, and transform. Case studies of trade networks and Hijama (wet cupping) healing practices demonstrate the inner workings of such institutions. The article draws on the theoretical traditions of informal institutions and new institutionalists focusing on anthropological works on agency and institutions. These analytical frameworks and concepts help explain the mechanisms and processes involved in the institutionalization of Muslim lives in Moscow. I argue that individual agency and charismatic leadership of individual members of the community play formative roles in institutionalizing daily practices and constituting normative orders of Muslims in Moscow. The article is based on fieldwork conducted in Moscow and Perm during 2016, 2017, and 2019.

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Patriotic loyalty and interest representation among the Russian Islamic elite

Aitamurto

2020

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Protected and Controlled. Islam and ‘Desecularisation from Above’ in Russia

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Discussions about indigenous, national and transnational Islam in Russia

Discussions about indigenous, national and transnational Islam in Russia

Muslim Orders in Russia: Trade Networks andHijamaHealing

Patriotic loyalty and interest representation among the Russian Islamic elite

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