The Muftis and the Myths: Constructing the Russian “Church for Islam”
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Over the last thirty years, Russia’s muftiates heavily invested in becoming a national “church for Islam,” an Islamic counterpart of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), that would meet the state’s ideological needs. Three discourse clusters generated by the Muslim leadership—on loyal, liberal, and correct Islam—were meant to increase the muftiates’ authority in Russia’s domestic and foreign policy. A diachronic analysis of these discourse clusters shows that by early 2022 the muftiates, unlike the ROC, have largely failed to create political value for Putin’s regime.
Source: Problems of Post-Communism
Author: Gulnaz Sibgatullina
Institution: University of Amsterdam
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4353060767