Ismail Gasprinsky's Open Letter to the Sheikh-al-Islam of the Ottoman State
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2023-16-1-32-42
Abstract
The article analyzes an open letter of appeal to the Sheikh-al-Islam of the Ottoman Empire, which was delivered on the pages of one of the Ottoman publications by an outstanding public figure of Russian Muslims, Ismail Gasprinsky. In the letter, the author acts as a bright educator, harshly criticizes the intellectual and spiritual state of Muslim society, offers his own ways to solve the pressing problems, on which the future of the Islamic world depends. The transliteration of the source into the graphics of the modern Tatar language is also given.
About the Author
A. G. Khairutdinov
Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aidar G. Khairutdinov, Cand. Sci. (Philosophy), Associate Professor, a Senior Researcher at Sh. Marjani
Kazan
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Khairutdinov A.G. Ismail Gasprinsky's Open Letter to the Sheikh-al-Islam of the Ottoman State. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2023;16(1):32-42. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2023-16-1-32-42
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