Islamic education in Dagestan

Abstract

The author deals with the millennium-long history and present-day condition of Islamic education in Republic of Dagestan. Dagestan was connected to the greatest educational centers of Islamic education in the Muslim world during its long history therewith had its own traditions of Islamic education. In the Soviet period Islamic education was illegal and went underground. But after fall of the Soviet Union Islamic education received new inspiration, taking use of the experience of its rich historic tradition and relying on new standards and requirements of the time.