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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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:64:y:2012:i:3:p:561-595 2023-05-15T18:07:53+02:00 The Radicalisation of Islamic Salafi in the North Caucasus: Moving Closer to the Global ist Movement? Domitilla Sagramoso http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/09668136.2012.661933 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/09668136.2012.661933 article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:37:39Z 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 communities have transformed themselves into fighting units sharing many of the traits of jihadist Islamic movements worldwide. By analysing the radical Islamic discourse and the strategies of leading jihadist fighters in the Russian North Caucasus, this essay also illustrates how their views, ideas and tactics have become similar, if not identical, to the beliefs that are being held and thepractices that are being conducted by fighters of global and regional jihadist movements worldwide. Article in Journal/Newspaper Russian North RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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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 communities have transformed themselves into fighting units sharing many of the traits of jihadist Islamic movements worldwide. By analysing the radical Islamic discourse and the strategies of leading jihadist fighters in the Russian North Caucasus, this essay also illustrates how their views, ideas and tactics have become similar, if not identical, to the beliefs that are being held and thepractices that are being conducted by fighters of global and regional jihadist movements worldwide. |
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The Radicalisation of Islamic Salafi in the North Caucasus: Moving Closer to the Global ist Movement? |
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The Radicalisation of Islamic Salafi in the North Caucasus: Moving Closer to the Global ist Movement? |
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The Radicalisation of Islamic Salafi in the North Caucasus: Moving Closer to the Global ist Movement? |
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The Radicalisation of Islamic Salafi in the North Caucasus: Moving Closer to the Global ist Movement? |
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The Radicalisation of Islamic Salafi in the North Caucasus: Moving Closer to the Global ist Movement? |
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radicalisation of islamic salafi in the north caucasus: moving closer to the global ist movement? |
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