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Islam, Islamism and Politics in Eurasia Report

No. 45, 10 October 2011

Edited and Written by Gordon M. Hahn (unless otherwise indicated)

CONTENTS:

RUSSIA

* CHANGES IN THE CAUCASUS EMIRATE’S LEADERSHIP AND STRUCTURE

* TRIPLE SUICIDE ATTACK IN GROZNY, CHECHNYA, 30 AUGUST

* THE CE’S QADIS: IDEAS AND GROWING POWER

* ESTIMATED DATA ON THE NUMBER OF JIHADI ATTACKS, JIHADI-RELATED INCIDENTS, AND ATTENDANT CASUALTIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2011

* DATA OF RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION ‘MEMORIAL’ ON JIHADI-RELATED VIOLENCE IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2011

* MORE EVIDENCE OF CE TIES TO GLOBAL JIHADIST ‘ISLAMIC JIHADI UNION’

* ALLEGED HISZ UT-TAHRIR ISLAMI CELL UNCOVERED IN BASHKORTOSTAN – by John Andrew Jones

* NINE ALLEGED WAHHABIS ARRESTED IN BASHKORTOSTAN – by John Andrew Jones

 

CENTRAL ASIA by Yelena Altman

* ALLEGED JIHADISTS ARRESTED IN KAZAKHSTAN

* JAMAAT ANSARULLAH IN TAJIKISTAN RELEASES VIDEO

* HIZB UT-TAHRIR ISLAMI RECRUITING WOMEN IN KYRGYZSTAN

* IIPER is written and edited by Dr. Gordon M. Hahn unless otherwise noted. Research assistance is provided by Yelena Altman, Sara Amstutz, Mark Archibald, Michelle Enriquez, Seth Gray, John Andrew Jones, Casey Mahoney, Anna Nevo, Daniel Painter, and Elizabeth Wolcott. IIPER accepts outside submissions.

 

The CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program published a special report in August by Dr. Gordon M. Hahn, “Getting the Caucasus Emirate Right” which IIPER readers may find of interest. It can be downloaded at http://csis.org/files/publication/110930_Hahn_GettingCaucasusEmirateRt_Web.pdf.

 

ABOUT IIPER

 

Islam, Islamism and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) is a project of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. It focuses on all politically-relevant issues involving or bearing on Islam, Islamism, and Jihadism in Russia and Eurasia writ large. All issues of IIPER will soon be permanently archived at http://csis.org/program/russia-and-eurasia-program. All back issues temporarily remain archived at: www.miis.edu/academics/faculty/ghahn/report.

 

IIPER is compiled, edited and, unless indicated otherwise, written by Dr. Gordon M. Hahn. Dr. Hahn is a Senior Associate (Non-Resident) in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., Senior Researcher and Adjunct Professor at the Monterey Terrorism Research and Education Program (MonTREP), Monterey, California. He is also a Senior Researcher at the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies (CETIS), Akribis Group and an Analyst and Consultant for Russia Other Points of View – Russia Media Watch, www.russiaotherpointsofview.com. He teaches courses on both politics and terrorism in Russia and Eurasia at MonTREP. Dr. Hahn is the author of two well-received books, Russia’s Islamic Threat (Yale University Press, 2007) and Russia’s Revolution From Above (Transaction, 2002) as well as numerous articles on Russian, Eurasian and international politics.

 

IIPER welcomes submissions on any aspect of Islamic, Islamist, or Jihadist politics in Eurasia as well as financial contributions to support the project. For related inquiries or to request to be included on IIPER’s mailing list, please contact:

Dr. Gordon M. Hahn

Tel: (831) 647-3535 Fax: (831) 647-6522

Email: ghahn@miis.edu or gordon-hahn@sbcglobal.net