Ethnic Muslims and the 'Halal Movement' in Tatarstan

In: Anthropological journal of European cultures: AJEC, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 88-93

Abstract

The 'halal movement' is an orientation predominantly mobilised by urban youth and by the emerging urban middle class in Tatarstan. It articulates a cosmopolitan, universal Islamic discourse, explicitly separates ethnicity and Muslimness, and stages religion as an ethical issue, tied neither to a nation nor to a theological doctrine.