After October 7, conspiracy theories have gained traction within Central Asian Salafi circles accusing Shias of acting as ...

The Salafis — like Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states — consider the Shias as a greater threat to Islam than Zionism.

Legal immunity for the Mufti reflects an undemocratic move to shield a religious figure from legal accountability, ...

Second, religious factions, particularly muftis and bureaucrats, are locked in a power struggle, exposing the deep-seated sectarian rivalry between dominant Ash’ari factions and minority Salafi ...

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, non-indigenous interpretations of Islam have begun to take root in the Northern Caucasus, including Salafi interpretations. In Russia and the West, he added, this ...