| Author (Person) | Devlet, Nadir |
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| Publisher | German Marshall Fund of the United States |
| Series Title | Policy Brief |
| Series Details | August 2012 |
| Publication Date | August 2012 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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The July 2012 killing of an Islamic leader in Tatarstan shocked the Russian region’s leaders and citizens. Terrorist attacks are generally rare in the Volga Ural region. The collapse of the USSR opened up a new upsurge of Islamic religious activity, and mosques must still often go outside Tatarstan to find imams. Conservative North Caucasians and others are now actively infiltrating all Tatar mosques, and tensions, and sometimes violence, are the result. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.gmfus.org/publications/tension-russia’s-center-radical-islam-tatarstan |
| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
| Countries / Regions | Eastern Europe, Russia |
