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This analysis explores the recent intercommunal tensions in Georgia, which have pitted the Georgian Orthodox majority population against its ethnically diverse Muslim minorities. The immediate frictions have been over houses of prayer and religious teaching, but they have also raised broader questions about the nature of Georgian nationalism and the degrees of political exclusion within the country. The text's author argues that the current government's responses to these issues appear to be heading in the right direction but they need to be applied more effectively. To help fulfill this requirement, the author closes by suggesting concrete measures the Georgian government might take to promote greater ethnic and religious harmony.