{"product_id":"for-putin-and-for-sharia-9781501767630","title":"For Putin and for Sharia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Putin and for Sharia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e examines what it means to support sharia in twenty-first-century Dagestan, where calls for an Islamic state coexist with nostalgia for the days of Stalin''s rule and Mecca calendars hang alongside portraits of Putin. \u003c\/b\u003eConfronting existing narratives about sharia, terrorism, and anti-terrorism through ethnographic fieldwork, Iwona Kaliszewska looks at the beliefs and practices of Dagestani Muslims, revealing that the pursuit of sharia can assume a range of forms from sweeping visions of an Islamic state imposed through violence, to minor acts of everyday resistance against injustice, to attempts to restore the security and stability once afforded by the Soviet state. In\u003ci\u003e For Putin and for Sharia\u003c\/i\u003e, Kaliszewska challenges the official dichotomy of Muslims as supporting either the political underground or state authorities and deconstructs the Salafi\/Sufi division between the so-called reformists and traditional Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Putin and for Sharia\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine ethnographic description of a part of the Caucasus that has received little attention from Western scholars. Throughout the book Kaliszewska takes the perspective of her interlocutors toward the state and its actions against citizens. This is not only brave, as she is confronted with violence and the state security apparatus for doing so, her approach also uncovers the controversial world of Salafi-oriented Muslims.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Pizza with Shakhidkas\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Sipping Coffee to the Sound of Gunfire\u003cbr\u003e 1. Political and Social Instability in Dagestan\u003cbr\u003e 2. Torture, Exorcisms, and Checkpoints: Experiencing the \"Fight against Terrorism\"\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Resurgent Importance of Islam in the Everyday Life of Dagestanis\u003cbr\u003e 4. Wahhabis, Tariqatists, and \"New Muslims\"\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sharia: Thinking beyond the (Secular) State?\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409368457559,"sku":"9781501767630","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501767630.jpg?v=1730506562","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/for-putin-and-for-sharia-9781501767630","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}