The paper deals with actual state and key problems of development of Islamic education and establishing good relations between government and Islamic communities in Russian Federation and two republics of Central Asia – Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The lack of proper attention of government towards Islamic education, weak strategic planning in this field, disruption and heterogeneousness of Islamic educational space and quite a few other problems are commonplace for all Post-Soviet regions.

The paper deals with actual state of Islamic education in Russia and appraises different factors affecting the process of shaping of religious convictions of graduates of Islamic higher education institutions in Russia and abroad. The author proposes to pay more attention to working out of Russian model or Islamic education which should be based on fostering of tolerance toward all confessions. The curricula of Muslim educational institutions should include secular disciplines as well as the last achievements of modern linguistics.

The paper deals with actual state and problems of Islamic education in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The author emphasizes that Islamic educational system should be based on tradition of historic past and consider regional and ethnical peculiarities of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Among main problem which graduates of Islamic institutions of higher education encounter are very low demand for them in labor-market, their low educational level and lack of secular training.

The author of paper tries to demonstrate importance of implementation of academic Islamology for development of Islamic education in Russia. According to him academic Islamology and Islamic education in our country should become associates in struggling ignorance of our society towards Islam. The author suggests his original program for special course “Islam as an ideological system” as the fi rst step towards co-operation between Islamic scholars and specialists on academic Islamology in the fi eld of Islamic education.

The author examines history and actual state of Islamic education in Republic of Dagestan. Dagestan has a very old and strong tradition of Islamic education since VIII century and only through its preservation and revival we can achieve stability, peace and dialogue in our society. The author also considers main problems and difficulties in organization of Islamic education in Dagestan as well as major ways for development of the Islamic educational institutions in the Republic of Dagestan.

The author of the paper arouses the question of common educational policy making in Islamic countries which is possible only under aegis of such prestigious international organization as Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). The making of common educational policy is necessary to solve main difficulties of all growing countries – to fight illiteracy and to make education accessible for everybody. The author shares with us some significant proposals to improve efficiency of activities lead by OIC members which are aimed at making of common educational space for all Islamic countries.

The author of the paper reconstructs the history of Tatar-Muslim Diaspora in Japan and adjacent countries of Far East. Tatars emigrated to this region were able during decades to keep their original culture and religious tradition and herewith maintain their relations with Islamic world. Islamic schools which continued Tatar pre- revolutionary educational traditions were instrumental in providing stability and viability of Tatar Diaspora.

The paper deals with history of foundation of famous library of distinguished Tatar religious personality Rizaetdin Fakhretdin and accumulation of its holdings. This library containing a tremendous number of editions on religious disciplines and Oriental studies published in different European and Oriental languages still continues to serve Islamic education.

The paper deals with the problem of implementation of pedagogical heritage of Tatar Enlighteners in contemporary models of moral education of Tatar children. The author examines the correlation between national language, folklore heritage and adoption of patterns of moral conduct by children, substantiates efficiency of means of native language in moral education of the rising generation.

The paper deals with the Tatar-Muslim Diaspora of Finland and its activities in organization of educational system. Preservation of native language, Islamic religion and national traditions by Finnish Tatars was due to purposeful and stable efforts of the Diaspora. Studying of Islam and spiritual heritage of Volga Muslims was one of the axial element in enculturation of Finland Tatars.

The paper deals with the correlation between formal theological education in a traditional Tatar Madrasa and Sufi institution of spiritual leadership. Sufism as an organic phenomenon within traditional Islam seriously influenced educational process in Qadimist school. The relationship between spiritual leader and disciple was emphasized, whilst application of specific methods and techniques provided wide range of facilities for Shakirds to improve oneself.

The paper deals with problems of evolution of Islamic education among Tatars in preRevolutionary Russia. Today at the turn of XXI century Islamic educational system is in the making and we have to re-examine the historical experiences of our ancestors. One of the crucial problems is correlation between confessional and secular elements in the system of Islamic education.

The paper deals with history of establishment of the first Islamic orphanage in Russia which belonged to the famous Tatar merchant family – Yunusovs. Th e organization of education in this orphanage deserves special attention of historians. The philanthropic activities were encouraged by official authorities and Yunusov brothers rendered greater services to their country and received highest appraisal of the government.

The paper deals with the peculiarities of teaching Arabic language in university classes of advanced study of Islamic culture and history. One should attach great importance to the study of sacral texts of Islam – Holy Qur’an and Prophetic Traditions which enable students to get full knowledge of lexical and stylistic subtleties of Arabic language as well as provide good motivation for learning language.

The paper deals with the problem of application of interactive methods in teaching Arabic language to the students with advanced study of Islamic history and culture. The interactive methods provide us ample opportunities and are widely applied in teaching foreign languages. The methodology of teaching Arabic language is ill-developed in some its aspects and cause certain difficulties which should be solved according to the author.

The paper deals with perspectives of advancement of studies on “The Economy of Islamic countries” in Tatar State University of Humanities and Education. This area of research concentrated on principles of Islamic economics is on a very large degree undeveloped in Russia. In such circumstances the university managed to fill the gap and contributed in development and publishing of respective educational materials.

The paper deals with experiences of the Nizhny Novgorod State University in implementation of the Program of training specialists with advanced study of Islamic culture and history with special emphasis on fighting religious extremism, terrorism and other forms of interconfessional hostility. The University in realization of this program to a very large extent relies on co-operation with Islamic educational institutions and public organization of Nizhny Novgorod region. The author of the paper listed suggestions for improving activities of the University in implementation of this program.

The paper deals with Islamic education in relation with construction of civil society, interfaith dialogue and effective relationship between state and religious communities that is of high importance in southern regions of Russia. Pyatigorsky State Linguistic University where specialists on theology of different religious traditions are trained is instrumental in implementation of this objective. The authors of the paper are convinced of the fact that in order to provide peace and harmony in society co-operation between government and religious communities should be increased.

The author is engaged in sophistication of Qur’anic aphoristic patterns and set expressions which communicate most significant values by simple words. These patt erns are examined according to their educational functions and consolidation of universal values, e.g. tolerance and mutual understanding.

The paper deals with the problem of sociocultural adaptation of children from families of guest workers in its educational dimension. It is an insistent need for Russian state is to provide integration of guest workers from the near abroad into Russian society and religious education and training based on traditions of Russian Muslims is very instrumental in implementation of this goal.

The paper deals with philosophical sophistication of the problem of correlation between scientific knowledge and religious faith in human being. It is suggested to recognize totality of human being as a major value providing a wide range of possible ways of human’s development. In this vein the author evaluates instruction of specialists with theology diplomas which is to become one of the ways to avoid threats of one-dimensional adherence only to science or religion.

Mid-19th –early 20th century was the period of origin and development of Russian Oriental Studies whilst Islamic Studies became one of its leading branches. The most famous experts in Islamic Studies were G.S.Sablukov, N.I. Ilminsky, E.A.Malov, N.P.Ostroumov, P.K.Zhuze, M.G.Ivanov, A.A.Arkhanguelsky, M.A.Miropiev, Ya.D.Koblov, etc. Missionary department of Kazan Ecclesiastical Academy played essential role in exploring of Islam. Kazan Missionary Oriental Studies have been developed as applied oriental studies aiming to facilitate Christianization of national periphery of the Russian Empire.

The paper deals with the problem of correlation between Ijtihad and Taqlid in theory and practice of modern Muslims in general and with integrated comprehension of this problem in works of Muslim scholars of pre-Revolutionary Russia (G.Kursavi, Sh. Marjani, R. Fakhretdin, M. Bigiyev etc.).