ISLAM IN GEOSTRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT AREAS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Cover Image

ISLAM NA GEOSTRATEGICZNIE WAŻNYCH OBSZARACH FEDERACJI ROSYJSKIEJ
ISLAM IN GEOSTRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT AREAS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Author(s): Viktoriya Herasymenko
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Islam studies, Security and defense, Geopolitics
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: Chechnya; Russia; conflict in Chechnya; North Caucasus; Islam; religion; Islamic terrorism;

Summary/Abstract: The Russian Federation is a multinational state with significant religious diversity. The Muslim population is the second largest religious community in the country. The geostrategically important areas of the Russian Federation habitated by the followers of Islam make it a key issue to expose the place and role of the Muslim population in the socio-political life of the Russian Federation. This article attempts to verify the following theses: first, from a geopolitical point of view of the Russian Federation territory, inhabited by the followers of Islam, there are areas extremely important; secondly - reislamization of the social life and increase of political influence of Islam in the regions of the Russian Federation pose a threat to the establishment and development of radical Islamic movements.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 33-49
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish