Devout Muslims or tough highlanders? Exploring attitudes toward ethnic nationalism and racism in Europe's ethnic-Chechen Salafi communities

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Devout Muslims or tough highlanders? Exploring attitudes toward ethnic nationalism and racism in Europe's ethnic-Chechen Salafi communities

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This is the first article that systematically deconstructs the idealised, widely shared view and formal self-representation of Salafis as a de-culturalised group of Muslim believers who are solely devoted to the idea of a uniform Muslim identity and are indifferent to the notions of ethnic nationalism and racism. Drawing on unique interviews with EU-based ethnic-Chechen émigré Salafis, the article illuminates the ways they draw boundaries and consequently construe their ethnic and racial identities as superior and opposed to Muslims stemming from the Middle East and Central Asia. Below the surface of coherent ideologically shaped self-representations, the diaspora Salafis&apos; identities reflect the idea of Chechnya&apos;s mountainous topography being conducive to a superior &apos;national mentality&apos;, racial purity, and cultural uniqueness. Intriguingly, the diaspora-Chechen Salafis&apos; attitudes toward Middle Easterners and Central Asians employ a rhetoric which entails similarities with the notion of imagined geographies and to some extent resembles Western Orientalist discourse. In stark contrast to leading Salafi scholars&apos; statements emphasising a united Muslim identity, which are routinely echoed by outsiders, this article points out the maintenance of strong ethnic-nationalist and racist resentments amongst individual members of this religious community.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Devout Muslims or tough highlanders? Exploring attitudes toward ethnic nationalism and racism in Europe's ethnic-Chechen Salafi communities

Popis výsledku anglicky

This is the first article that systematically deconstructs the idealised, widely shared view and formal self-representation of Salafis as a de-culturalised group of Muslim believers who are solely devoted to the idea of a uniform Muslim identity and are indifferent to the notions of ethnic nationalism and racism. Drawing on unique interviews with EU-based ethnic-Chechen émigré Salafis, the article illuminates the ways they draw boundaries and consequently construe their ethnic and racial identities as superior and opposed to Muslims stemming from the Middle East and Central Asia. Below the surface of coherent ideologically shaped self-representations, the diaspora Salafis&apos; identities reflect the idea of Chechnya&apos;s mountainous topography being conducive to a superior &apos;national mentality&apos;, racial purity, and cultural uniqueness. Intriguingly, the diaspora-Chechen Salafis&apos; attitudes toward Middle Easterners and Central Asians employ a rhetoric which entails similarities with the notion of imagined geographies and to some extent resembles Western Orientalist discourse. In stark contrast to leading Salafi scholars&apos; statements emphasising a united Muslim identity, which are routinely echoed by outsiders, this article points out the maintenance of strong ethnic-nationalist and racist resentments amongst individual members of this religious community.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

ISSN

1369-183X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

43

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

15

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

2616-2633

Kód UT WoS článku

000417441600008

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85011805273