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Islam in Russia
- Social Research: An International Quarterly
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 76, Number 1, Spring 2009
- pp. 321-358
- 10.1353/sor.2009.0078
- Article
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According to the 2002 census, the Muslim population of Russia was 14.5 million people. During the past decade, the idea of a Muslim demographic "threat" has spread, discussed most often by politicians with nationalist views, along with journalists and some writers. Islam remains a factor that regulates relations in society. The current revival of Islam is contradictory and diverse in terms of its consequences. Its main result is that we are dealing with a new Islam and new Muslims.