Who’s Afraid of Religious Extremism?: The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict, Securitisation of Islam and an Ideological Clash in Ukraine’s Muslim Community

Abstract This article explores the dynamics of competition between Muslim organisations in Ukraine after the eruption of the Russian–Ukrainian crisis in March 2014. In particular, it deals with the issue of religious extremism as another ideological fault line between two main centres of Islamic rel...

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Main Author: Shestopalets, Denys (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Journal of Muslims in Europe
Year: 2021, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 378-402
Further subjects:B Islam
B religious extremism
B Ukraine
B Securitisation
B Russian–Ukrainian conflict
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Summary:Abstract This article explores the dynamics of competition between Muslim organisations in Ukraine after the eruption of the Russian–Ukrainian crisis in March 2014. In particular, it deals with the issue of religious extremism as another ideological fault line between two main centres of Islamic religious authority, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Ukraine (SAMU) and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Ukraine ‘Umma’ (SAMU-Umma). Although these structures agreed that Islam as a religion should be completely dissociated from all manifestations of extremism and terrorism, their inherent theological and cultural differences led to the SAMU and the SAMU-Umma adopting mutually exclusive discursive strategies for achieving this goal.
ISSN:2211-7954
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Muslims in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22117954-bja10032