Center for Security Studies

Religious Identity and Conflict in Dagestan

Religious Identity and Conflict in Dagestan

Author(s): Manarsha Isaeva
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 153
Pages: 5-8
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2014

This article examines the links between religious identity and the on-going insurgency in Dagestan. It explains why the Salafi continue to feel aggrieved and struggle against established religious leaders who are backed by the Russian state.

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