The Radicalisation of Islamic Salafi in the North Caucasus: Moving Closer to the Global ist Movement?

This essay shows how the various Islamic communities or jamaats that emerged in the Muslim republics of the Russian North Caucasus during the early 1990s have evolved since then. Originally conceived as peaceful religious organisations embracing strict Islamic Salafi principles, many of these commun...

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Main Author: Domitilla Sagramoso
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Russian North
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/09668136.2012.661933
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