Islam and Islamic Practices in Georgia

George Sanikidze and Edward W. Walker

Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Working Paper Series from Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, UC Berkeley

Abstract: This article focuses on religious practices among Muslims in the Republic of Georgia today. It considers relations between Muslims and other religious groups; the influence of religion on everyday life in Georgia; the relationship between the religious and national consciousness; and tensions between supporters of the syncretic forms of Islam that have been traditionally practiced in Georgia and the allegedly "pure" and "alien" forms of Islam that are typically, although not necessarily accurately, referred to as "Wahhabism" in post-Soviet space.

Keywords: Republic of Georgia; Georgian; Islam; Muslims; Wahhabism; post-Soviet; Soviet; Caucasus; Ajaria; Meskhetia; Feridun; Abkhazia; Azeri; Avar; Kist; Pankisi; Vainak (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-08-01
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