Abstract

The article contributes to a better understanding of ‘Traditional Islam’ (TI), a state-led project in Azerbaijan to establish an alternative narrative promoting a specific local understanding of Islam that builds on its non-political, non-sectarian and national features to prevent ‘non-traditional’ religious variants from gaining popular traction. The phenomenon has not appeared in a vacuum. First, its features and functions stem from Soviet-era anti-religious and nationalities policies. Second, many aspects of TI resemble counter-radicalisation initiatives worldwide. Finally, while introduced as a means of blocking radicalisation in order to protect Azerbaijan’s national identity as a secular state, Traditional Islam in fact works to extend state control over the religious domain and thus to prevent the development of any religiously grounded dissent against the authoritarian regime.

摘要

本文有助于更好地理解“传统伊斯兰”（TI），这是阿塞拜疆的一项国家主导项目，旨在建立替代性叙事，以基于其非政治性，非宗派性和民族特色来促进对伊斯兰的特定本地理解。阻止“非传统”宗教变种获得广泛关注。这种现象还没有出现在真空中。首先，它的特征和功能源于苏联时代的反宗教和民族政策。其次，TI的许多方面都类似于全球范围内的反激进活动。最后，虽然为了保护阿塞拜疆作为世俗国家的民族身份而采用了阻止激进主义的手段，