The Muftis and the Myths
Constructing the Russian “Church for Islam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6446320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gulnaz Sibgatullina (0000-0001-5628-5920, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 119-130 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Problems of Post-Communism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1075-8216 • E-ISSN: 1557-783X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10758216.2023.2185899 |
| OpenAlex | W4353060767 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 42 |
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
Foreign policy · Ideology · Islam · Mythology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Theology · Value (mathematics · Classics · History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Religious studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Religious Studies
Soviet and Muslim
For Prophet and Tsar
Russia and the Western Far Right
Islam in the Russian Empire
Imperial Russia's Muslims
Islam in Post-communist Eastern Europe
Russia and Islam
Muslim Religious Institutions in Imperial Russia
Languages of Islam and Christianity in Post-Soviet Russia
Here or elsewhere
Sovereign” Islam and Tatar “Aqīdah”
Contemporary Russian Messianism and New Russian Foreign Policy
Russia’s Mission in the World
The Human Rights Debate in the External Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church
Liberal Individual and Christian Culture
Religious political technology
Discussions about indigenous, national and transnational Islam in Russia
Translating Islam into the language of the Russian state and the Orthodox Church
Russia’s Islam and Orthodoxy beyond the Institutions
Ijtihād in Putin’s Russia? Signature Fatwas from Moscow and Kazan
It was a Dark and Stagnant Night (‘til the Jadids Brought the Light)
When the Other Speaks
Ijtihād in Bukhara
The paradoxes of a localised Islamic orthodoxy
Between the spaces
Tradition, morality and community
Liberal Islamic Theology in Conservative Russia
Patriotic loyalty and interest representation among the Russian Islamic elite
Ideological Complementarity or Competition? The Kremlin, the Church, and the Monarchist Idea in Today's Russia
A Clear and Present Danger
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |