The main effort of the Azerbaijani government regarding the historical conflict between the Shiites and the Sunnis in the state, is to keep the status quo between these factions. However, the Arab Spring’s regional impact and the emergence of ISIS (ISIL and IS) led to waves of religious radicalisation, especially in the Sunnite part of Azerbaijan, which is more Turkic aligned, yet far territorially from the immediate influence of the Islamic radicalism. The article’s main conclusion is that the Islamic radicalisation in Azerbaijan could emerge only as a result of the structurally unbalanced status quo, which the Sunnis view as favouring more the Shiites.

阿塞拜疆政府在该州什叶派和逊尼派之间的历史冲突方面的主要努力是保持这些派系之间的现状。但是，阿拉伯之春的地区影响和ISIS（ISIL和IS）的出现导致了宗教激进化浪潮，特别是在阿塞拜疆的逊尼派地区，该地区更突厥人统一，但在领土上与伊斯兰激进主义的直接影响相去甚远。该文章的主要结论是，阿塞拜疆的伊斯兰激进主义可能仅由于结构上不平衡的现状而出现，逊尼派认为这种现状更有利于什叶派。