ISLAM IN BLACK SEA–CASPIAN REGION: GEOPOLITICAL ASPECT

Dobaev I.

Abstract

The article examines the state and development of Islam and the Islamic movement in the Black Sea – Caspian region and the influence of the re-Islamization process on geopolitical transformations. Islam is not monolithic in the region, it is represented by various trends, groupings, currents, sects, etc. The most dangerous of these forms are religiouspolitical extremism and terrorism camouflaged by Islamic faith.

Keywords

geopolitics, Islam, Islamism, Sunnism, Shi’ism Sufism, Black Sea – Caspian region.

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