The role of the Muslim education system in Kabardino-Balkaria in introducing the Islamic youth of the republic to traditional religious and cultural values: mid-2000 -mid-2010^s

   The author, through a multidimensional analysis of scientific research, studies the specifi c features of a set of activities carried out by Muslim educational institutions of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (hereinafter KBR) aimed at introducing the Islamic youth of the republic to the religious and cultural heritage of the Kabardian and Balkarian ethnic groups. The paper examines the role of the cultural policy of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the KBR and the republican system of Islamic education in countering the spread of ideas of religious fundamentalism, neo-pagan and sectarian concepts. The author examines the characteristic features of cooperation between the North Caucasus Islamic University named after Imam Abu Hanifa and Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University in the late 2000^s – mid-2010^s and their role in educating the Muslim youth of the KBR.

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