Islamic Activism in Trans-Kama Region

The article examines the development of Islam in the Trans-Kama (Zakamsky) region of the Republic of Tatarstan. The region is characterized by the natural and geographical isolation from the center, economic uniqueness, specificity of the historical process and the formation of a distinct socio-cultural environment. On the one hand, this is an area of traditional agriculture with a sus-tained history of Islam development in а different confessional surrounding. On the other hand, new cities and monotowns with their marginality, the lack of spirituality and cultural bonds create a fa-vorable environment for the spread of new religious movements. The empirical basis of the article are the results of monitoring publications in the media and social networks of recent years (1,171 messages, 2016-2020) that refute the prevailing idea that the activity of Muslims in Trans-Kama region of Tatarstan in the post-Soviet period has an overall extremist orientation. The author con-cludes that, as a whole, the Muslim community of Trans-Kama region is capable to adequately per-ceive the reality, adapt to it and move to a new development level

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Confessional · Islam · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spirituality · History · Law · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies · Philosophy · Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends

• Development of the Muslim Community of Tatarstan in 2022

  Open Access•A Yu Khabutdinov•Islam in the modern world•2023

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