Muslims in Putin's Russia; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Abbreviations And Acronyms; 1 Introduction; A Note on Sources and Method; Muslims in Russia, Muslims of Russia; The Empire, the Church, and Islam; Russian Orientalism; Muslims of Russia and Imperial Foreign Policy; Soviet Orientalism; Muslims in Post-Soviet Russia; Narratives of National Security and Geopolitics; Muslims of Russia Views of Islam; 2 The Identity of Muslims of Russia; Geography of Identity; Identity and the Religious Renaissance; Berdyaev and the Russian Idea as Identity Foundation

Religious Components in Contemporary Conceptualizations of Russia's IdentityNeo-Eurasianism; Muslims of Russia and Nationalism; The Purposeful Role of Contradictions; 3 Muslims of Russia Communities; The Special Character of Islam in the Caucasus; Muslims in an Orthodox World; Critical Voices; The Russkie Musul'mane Movement; 4 Russia's Islamic Religious Institutions and the State; The Russian Orthodox Church; Islamic Organizations; Interfaith Dialogue: Institutional Relations; The Russian Secular State: Contemporary Interpretation of Catherine's Model

The Functional Interpretation of Religion and Its Application in RussiaThe Necessity of a Governance of Religion in Russia; Conclusion; 5 Islam and Security in Russia; Islam and Security in Russia: Conventional Interpretations; Primakov's Fundamental Differentiation of Islam in Russia; Wahhabism and Russia's Contemporary Discourse on Islam; The (partial) De-securitization of Russia's "Traditional Islam"; Islamic Education and Russia's Security; Religious Authorities and Security Threats; Islam as a Counter-Ideology to Terrorism; Conclusion; 6 Islam, Terrorism, and Revolution in Russia

Conceptual Roots of Russia's Vision of TerrorismState Policies and Islamic Terrorism; Russian Visions of Political Islam; Islamic doctrine as guarantor of security: a normative proposal; Political Islam, Revolution, and the Geopolitical Order; The Resonance of Dzhemal's Ideas in the Public Sphere; The Fear of any Revolution; Counterterrorism, Fascism, and (Soviet) Communism; "All good patriots": Elective Affinities of Ultra-nationalist and Islamic Groups; Conclusion; 7 The Role of Islam in Russia's Geopolitical Vision; Islam and Russian Conceptualizations of Geopolitics

Russia, Islam, and International SecurityIslamic Terrorism and Civilizational Dialog; Russia, Iran, and the (unexpected) Ways of the "Islamic Factor"; Muslims of Russia as Envoys of the State: The Case of Crimea; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion; Suggestions for Further Research; When Islam is Not a Factor; Final Considerations; References; Index