Like all the elites of post-Soviet Muslim countries, the political elite and religious officials in Russia have been in the search of a moderate and strictly national Islamic identity, to keep the Muslim population of Russia separate from Arab or Turkish versions of Islam that could be politicised and thus had the potential to undermine the state structure. ‘Tatar traditional Islam’ emerged through this framework.

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伊斯兰教法和“传统鞑靼伊斯兰教”

与后苏联穆斯林国家的所有精英一样，俄罗斯的政治精英和宗教官员一直在寻找温和且严格的民族伊斯兰身份，以使俄罗斯的穆斯林人口与阿拉伯或土耳其版本的伊斯兰教分开，这可能被政治化，因此有可能破坏国家结构。“鞑靼传统伊斯兰教”就是通过这个框架出现的。