Translating Islam into the language of the Russian state and the Orthodox Church

This contribution analyses the discursive strategies exercised by Russia's state-appointed Islamic authorities. It draws on a linguistic corpus that consists of speeches and sermons by Mufti Ravil' Gainutdin, the head of a major Muslim Spiritual Directorate in Moscow. A multi-levelled anal...

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Veröffentlicht in:Religion, state & society
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge 2019
In: Religion, state & society
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Gajnutdin, Ravilʹ 1959- / Russland / Islam / Mufti / Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / Interreligiöser Dialog
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
KBK Osteuropa
KDF Orthodoxe Kirche
weitere Schlagwörter:B Islamic authorities
B Russian Orthodox Church
B Ravil' Gainutdin
B Russian language of Islam
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Zusammenfassung:This contribution analyses the discursive strategies exercised by Russia's state-appointed Islamic authorities. It draws on a linguistic corpus that consists of speeches and sermons by Mufti Ravil' Gainutdin, the head of a major Muslim Spiritual Directorate in Moscow. A multi-levelled analysis shows that the mufti's lexical and rhetorical choices correspond to the discourse of the Russian Orthodox Church elites. This affinity is a discursive strategy that allows Gainutdin to position himself as the authoritative leader of Russia's Islamic community and to construct Islam as Russia's 'familiar' and 'traditional' religion.
ISSN:1465-3974
Enthält:Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2018.1562775