title: Mosques of Abkhazia: A Retrospective Analysis
abstract: The article explores the history of mosques in the Republic of Abkhazia. Based on extensive source material and historiographical analysis, the author concludes that several commonly held views in the fi elds of history and ethnography regarding the presence of Islam in Abkhazian society are erroneous. Specifi cally, the notion that Islam was superfi cial, elitist, and/or localized in its spread in Abkhazia is deemed incorrect. On the contrary, the geographic distribution of mosques, along with 
journal: Islam in the modern world