Situating Salafī Islam in Azerbaijan
Salafī daʿwa is a new phenomenon in the religious life of Azerbaijan. Entering the scene in the mid‑1990s as a result of Gulf-funded organizations and the proselytizing activities of foreign students-turned-preachers, Salafīs gradually turned into important actors of Islamic revival in the post-Comm...
| Published in: | Die Welt des Islams |
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| Subtitles: | Challenges from "The Periphery"? - Salafī Islam Outside the Arab World : Spotlights on Wider Asia |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2020, Volume: 60, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 267-292 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Azerbaijan
/ Salafīyah
/ Transnationaization
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| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Azerbaijan
B Ḥarakiyya B Transnationalism B Madkhaliyya B Social movement B taḥazzub B Jihādiyya B Salafī daʿwa |
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| Summary: | Salafī daʿwa is a new phenomenon in the religious life of Azerbaijan. Entering the scene in the mid‑1990s as a result of Gulf-funded organizations and the proselytizing activities of foreign students-turned-preachers, Salafīs gradually turned into important actors of Islamic revival in the post-Communist country. Operating in a highly secularized and, moreover, Shīʿī-majority environment, the Salafī daʿwa in Azerbaijan had ex ante limitations that shaped its development patterns. A comprehensive overview of the historical development of the Salafī daʿwa shows that, over three stages, the transnational Salafī movement had become increasingly indigenized. Following these historical observations, the development patterns of the Salafī daʿwa in Azerbaijan are explored, and an attempt is made to explain them through a framework provided by social movement theory. Finally, based on its ideological variations in Azerbaijan, an attempt is undertaken to develop a refined taxonomy of the Salafī movement in this country, based on a critical reassessment of existing classifications. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Die Welt des Islams
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700607-06023P05 |