Azerbaijani nationalism

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Azerbaijani nationalism was relatively slow to develop under the communists. "Rather than imagining themselves as part of a continuous national tradition, like the Georgians and Armenians, the Muslims of Transcaucasia saw themselves as part of the larger Muslim world, the umma." [1]

After the end of the World War II, Azerbaijani nationalism was controlled by lessening the influence of Islam. [2]

“ This culture was dominated by the Islamic conception of Holy War or ghaza. By God's command, the ghaza had to be fought against the infidels' dominions, dar al-harb (the abode of war), ceaselessly and relentlessly until they submitted. According to the Shari'a, the property of the infidels, captured in these raids, could be kept as booty, their country could be destroyed, and the population taken into captivity or killed. [3] ”

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  1. ^ The Forsaken People: Case Studies of the Internally Displaced - Page 257 by Roberta Cohen, Francis Mading Deng
  2. ^ Energy and Security in the Caucasus - Page 14 by Emmanuel Karagiannis
  3. ^ Halil Inalcik, "The Emergence of the Ottomans," Cambridge History of Islam

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