search query: @indexterm Islam / total: 58
reference: 8 / 58
| Author: | Souleimanov, E. Ditrych, O. |
| Title: | The internationalisation of the Russian-Chechen conflict: myths and reality |
| Journal: | Europe-Asia Studies
2008 : SEP, VOL. 60:7, p. 1199-1222 |
| Index terms: | conflict internationalization islam politics religion Russia |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A critical reading of various related discourses depicting the political motives behind the conflict in Chechnya as a battlefield of the global jihad is provided here. These narratives have sought to present the involvement of external Islamist groups as a major factor in the conflict, and to portray many of the main groups within Chechnya as subscribing to jihadist ideology. This study suggests an alternative narrative focusing on the significance of the blood feud in the societies of the North Caucasus. |
SCIMA