The article is fieldwork-based and is devoted to the study of social cohesion in the context of co-existence of various Muslim communities in a Dagestani village. The article explores social aspects of religious confrontations emerged around an episode of forced dismissal of a village imam who was accused of belonging to the Wahhabi network. The author analyses narratives around the imam, who is the central figure of the conflict, the main line of respective religious divide, and the flexibility of the boundaries between various groups/communities. As a conclusion, the article identifies preconditions of intensification of religious solidarity, its particular normative, cultural, and political dimensions. Keywords: Dagestan, informal institutions, Muslim communities, religious confrontations, religious solidarity, social constructionism. The study was carried out as part of the ARC project "Globalisation et militantisme en monde musulman" with the support of the Free University of Brussels (ULB). The study is conducted under the framework of the project ARC "Globalisation and militantism in the Muslim World" and is supported by the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Zaitseva A. Mobile solidarity of religious groups in the context of conflict in Dagestan: a case study of confrontations around the figure of a rural Imam.Gosudarstvo, religiya, tserkva v Rossii i za rubezhom [State, Religion, Church in Russia and Abroad]. 2016. N2. pp. 281-309. Zaytseva, Anna (2016) "Cohesion of Religious Communities in Situation of Conflict: A Case Study of Confrontations around Imam in a Dagestani Village", Gosudarstvo, religiia, tserkov' v Rossii i za rubezhom 34(2): 281-309. page 281A significant part of political science research on the influence of the religious factor on modern political processes in the Republic of Dagestan focuses on the study of the origins, manifestations and possibilities of countering armed jihad1. At the same time, in our opinion, the topic of interactio ... Читать далее