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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1456</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Political significance of «euroislam» idea as a way of self-determination of the ruling elite of Tatarstan</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Political significance of «euroislam» idea as a way of self-determination of the ruling elite of Tatarstan</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Mirzakhanov</surname><given-names>Dzhabrail G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Mirzakhanov</surname><given-names>Dzhabrail G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>mirzakhanov1962@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2437" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff2437"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Dagestan State Technical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Dagestan State Technical University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2016</year></pub-date><issue>2</issue><fpage>213</fpage><lpage>219</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2016/issue/2/article/1456">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2016/issue/2/article/1456</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(47)/213-219.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(47)/213-219.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>This paper studies euroislamic identity as an ideologically constructed and political motivated phenomenon. Concept «euroislam» served as shorthand label for the interpretation of the «Tatarstan model» at the early beginning Tatar's separatism movement. Euroslamic identity supports local Tatar reformism because it feeds the regional energy of self-affirmation. Political and ideological synthesis of a «euroislam» is an important strategic policy tool for the realization of the «Tatarstan Model».</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This paper studies euroislamic identity as an ideologically constructed and political motivated phenomenon. Concept «euroislam» served as shorthand label for the interpretation of the «Tatarstan model» at the early beginning Tatar's separatism movement. Euroslamic identity supports local Tatar reformism because it feeds the regional energy of self-affirmation. Political and ideological synthesis of a «euroislam» is an important strategic policy tool for the realization of the «Tatarstan Model».</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>евроислам</kwd><kwd>политический вызов</kwd><kwd>исламские реформаторы</kwd><kwd>политическое проектирование</kwd><kwd>euroislam</kwd><kwd>political challenge</kwd><kwd>islamic reformers</kwd><kwd>political project-making</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>евроислам</kwd><kwd>политический вызов</kwd><kwd>исламские реформаторы</kwd><kwd>политическое проектирование</kwd><kwd>euroislam</kwd><kwd>political challenge</kwd><kwd>islamic reformers</kwd><kwd>political project-making</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>