CONF.- Islam in the Post-Soviet Caucasus, SOAS-London, June 13

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CONF.- Islam in the Post-Soviet Caucasus, SOAS-London, June 13

Posted by: Anna Zelkina <azelkina@googlemail.com>

Islam in the Post-Soviet Caucasus: Legal, Social and Political Aspects

13 June 2008, Room L67, SOAS, Russell Sq, London WC1H OXG
For further information, please, contact:
Dr. Anna Zelkina: azelkina@googlemail.com

Session I

9:15-9:30 - Anna Zelkina, SOAS, Centre for Contemporary Central Asia
and the Caucasus
Opening Remarks, Chair
9:30-9:50 - Domitilla Sagramoso, Kings College, London University
Western Perception of Islam in the Western Academic and Media Discourse
9:50-10:10 - Moshe Gammer, Professor, Department of the Middle East
History, Tel-Aviv University
Sufies and Wahhabies in Chechnya and Daghestan
10:10-10:45 - Discussion

10:45-11:00 - Coffee

Session II - Aude Merlin, Chair

11:00-11:20 - Ahmet Yarlykapov, Institute of Ethnology and
Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
Youth Jamaats of the North Caucasus: Ideology, Structure and Practices
11:20-11:40 - Naima Neflyasheva, Caucasian Studies Centre, Institute
of African Studies, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
Islam and Political Process in the North-Western Caucasus
11:40-12:00 - Michail Roschin, Institute for Oriental Studies, Russian
Academy of Science, Moscow
Islam in North Ossetia
12:00-12:30 - Discussion

12:30-13:30 - Lunch

Session III - Moshe Gammer, Chair

13:30-13:50 - Amir Navruzov, Institute of History Archeology and
Ethnography, Russian Academy of Science, Daghestan
Theological Debate between Traditional Sufi Authorities and Salafi
Purists in Historic Perspective
13:50-14:10 - Shamil Shikhaliev, Department of Oriental Manuscripts,
Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of
Science, Makhachkala
The Naqshbandi and the Shadhili Sufi Orders in Daghestan
14:10-14:30 - Vladimir Bobrovnikov, Institute of Oriental Studies,
Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
Fatwa Culture and Legal Debate in post-Soviet Daghestan
14:30-15:00 - Discussion

Session IV - Sylvia Serrano, Chair

15:00-15:20 - Musa Basnoukaev, Department of Economics, The Chechen
State University, Groznyi
Discourse between Islam and Political Power in Qadyrov's Chechnya
15:20-15:40 - Galina Khizrieva, Russian Institute of Cultural Studies, Moscow
The Kunta Hajji Wird of the Qadiri Sufi Order in Post-Soviet Ingushetia
15:40-16:00 - Mairbek Vachagaev, Independent scholar on Islam in
Chechnya and Ingushetia, France
"Life" of Ziyarats (Holy Places) in Present-day Chechnya
16:00-16:30 - Discussion

16:30-17:00 - Tea

17:00-17:30 - Screening of video material on Sufi practices among
Muslims in Daghestan and Ingushetia

17:30-18:00 - Discussion and Closing Remarks

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