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The influence of Central Asian migration on the Islamic space of cities in the Urals (the cases of Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk, and Troitsk)

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The article focuses on the influence of Central Asian migration on the Islamic space of the cities of the Urals (Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk, and Troitsk). The study is drawn on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork. The concept of the right to the city is used as a theoretical and methodological framework. This research lens helped describe social relations around symbolic power over urban space. I argue that migrants create social infrastructure to satisfy their religious needs (mosques, houses of worship, halal cafes, Islamic fashion shops). Muslim migrants acquire experience in organizational activities and accumulate various resources for the formation and development of religious infrastructure in the cities of the Urals. This infrastructure makes it possible to meet the social and spiritual needs of various migrant groups.

Source: Etnograficheskoe obozrenie

DOI: 10.31857/s0869541524010092

Author: Andrey A. Avdashkin

Institution: South Ural State University

Language: English

Topic: Diaspora, migration, transnational identity

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Russian Science Foundation